Directions to the venue

Directions to the hotel are available here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QsLMpFp4gckQNHFx6

The closest train station is Glasgow Central station. There is an entrance to the hotel within the station concourse, close to the main ticket office.

The hotel is an 8min walk from Glasgow Queen Street station (0.3 mile) and the main entrance is at the corner of Hope Street and Gordon Street.

The closest Subway station is Buchanan Street.

Further details of parking are available on the hotel’s website here: Transportation to voco Grand Central Glasgow | Glasgow (ihg.com)

Agenda

You can download the agenda here or scroll below to find out more. You can also view a map of the venue here. The main room for the Conference is the Grand Ballroom.

Timings

08:45 – 09:30   Registration

09:30 – 09:45  Welcome – Haylis Smith, National Delivery Lead

09:45 – 10:00  Maree Todd MSP, Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport, and

Councillor Paul Kelly COSLA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care

10:00 – 10:20  Last Lecture - Professor Steve Platt, Co-Chair of the Academic Advisory Group

10:20 – 10:30 Word of thanks - Rose Fitzpatrick CBE QPM, Chair of the National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group

10:30 – 10:40  Introduction to Workshops

10:40 – 11:10  BREAK

11:10 – 12:10 BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• MAIN ROOM: Panel Discussion - What informs our approach to suicide prevention? The role of academic and subject expertise, data, lived and living experience, and practice insight (A)
• BUCHANAN ROOM: LGBTQ+ Suicide and Suicide Prevention: current research, practice and future directions (B)
• GREAT WESTERN ROOM: Creating Hope with Communities (C)
• WELLINGTON ROOM: Time Space Compassion in Safe Planning (D)

12.10-13.00 LUNCH AND NETWORKING

13:00 – 13:25 Plenary - Professor Amy Chandler, University of Edinburgh

13:30 – 14:25  BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• MAIN ROOM: Conversation cafe: Tackling the inequalities that contribute to suicide – population groups (E)
• BUCHANAN ROOM: Identifying learning needs and exploring the impact of learning (F)
• GREAT WESTERN ROOM: Challenging stigma – what more can we do? (G)
• WELLINGTON ROOM: Suicide in the workplace (H)

14:35 – 15:30 BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• MAIN ROOM: Conversation cafe: Tackling the inequalities that contribute to suicide – contributory factors (I)
• BUCHANAN ROOM: The impact of peer support in suicide prevention (J)
• GREAT WESTERN ROOM: Understanding the needs of children and young people (K)
• WELLINGTON ROOM: Looking after ourselves and our colleagues – understanding and reducing the impact of vicarious trauma (L)

15:30 – 15.45 Next steps – Haylis Smith, National Delivery Lead

Event evaluation

If you attended the event we’d be grateful if you could complete the event evaluation form so that we can find out more about your experience and how we could improve that for future. The event evaluation link will close 7 days after the Conference. Complete the evaluation form here.

For any further queries please contact phs.suicidepreventionteam@phs.scot

Keep in touch

If you’re using X (formerly Twitter) ahead of during the Conference use #SuicidePreventionScotland to connect with others attending the Conference

There are a number of ways you can stay involved or keep in touch after the Conference, or if you were unable to attend:

• Subscribe to the Suicide Prevention Scotland newsletter by completing this form: https://forms.office.com/e/k7PqhHNTRW
• Visit and sign up to the Suicide Prevention Scotland Medium site: Suicide Prevention Scotland – Medium
• Join the National Suicide Prevention Network by emailing phs.publicmentalhealth@phs.scot
• Follow the Suicide Prevention Scotland X account (formerly known as twitter): @SuicidePrevScot
• Listen to the Suicide Prevention Scotland podcast series: Time Space Compassion Podcast | Suicide Prevention Scotland (podbean.com)
• Learn more about and join the United to Prevent Suicide social movement: United to Prevent Suicide