Protect Life Resource Service

AMH MensSana and PIPS Newry & Mourne is Your Protect Life Resource Service in the Southern Area and we are here to help you regarding suicide and self-harm prevention and mental health promotion.  We are keen to work in partnership with you and your community and look forward to delivering and developing helpful supports appropriate to your needs.

In supporting you, qualified and experienced staff will:

• provide an outreach community development service with a particular focus on promoting positive mental health and the prevention of suicide and self harm through the community development approaches.
• enable and support local communities to address the mental health and emotional wellbeing of the local population
• facilitate a range of training programmes to increase knowledge and skills in relation to mental health promotion and the prevention of suicide and self harm

We will be happy to talk to you about the training you may require and will work with you to ensure that appropriate support is provided

Available training includes:

• safeTALK
• Mental Health First Aid
• ASIST
• Understanding Self-harm
• Bounce and B+
• TATI+ (Talking about tough issues)

Your Protect Life Resource Service will also operate as a signposting service, providing you with a valuable point of contact and source of support regarding suicide and self-harm prevention and mental health.  Staff will work with you confidentially and promptly to ensure that you get the right support at the right time.

Our staff work collaboratively with a wide range of services across the Southern area and will signpost you to the most effective source of support available .

Here are some handy contacts!

Protect Life Contacts for Help

 

Project supported by the Public Health Agency