The Workplace Pledge and Support
Making Suicide Everyone’s Business.
700,000 deaths by suicide globally every year (WHO, 2024).
14 million suicide attempts globally every year (WHO, 2024).
6,000+ deaths by suicide in the UK every year (ONS, 2023).
Three quarters of suicides are men (ONS, 2022).
17 million working days lost annually in the UK at a cost of £56 billion to businesses (HSE, 2023).
On average 136 people are affected by each suicide (Kennedy et al, 2020).
What are we asking?
Your organisation to make a simple pledge:
To support the reduction and removal of stigma around mental health in the workplace
Support employees with opportunities to access support and feel able to do so
Increase awareness of suicide and prevention
Improve and do our best to save lives
Make suicide awareness, support and prevention a workplace priority
Support a trauma-informed approach
Next Steps
The national Baton of Hope team are launching this pledge, combined of three levels to offer.
To support the pledge locally we will look at a range of training packages to support workplaces
There is always the offer of FREE RESOURCES, these will be expanding over the coming year to offer a more tailored workplace approach.
To sign up to the national pledge click HERE.
For local information and support email letschat@derbyshire.gov.uk to contact the local Public Health Team who we are working closely with on this project.
