Thursday 20th March 2025, 4.00-5.30pm
In March’s Network Meeting we will be joined by Heather from Not the Void UK: a user-led, peer support space where people speak freely about their relationship to suicide (FKA Alternatives to Suicide). Heather will offer some information about the group, share what they have learned in their first year together, and discuss how we could approach suicide a little differently by shifting our beliefs about what suicidal people need. The focus of the space will be on how community can form around people’s struggle to stay alive. You can read a blog by Heather on the experience of facilitating the group here.
Please note: Heather acknowledges suicide is a topic with painful personal resonance for so many people. With that in mind, this session will not include graphic accounts of suicide. It has been crafted to be a space of mutual care, where we can think and feel our way around this subject together.
Slides will be used during this meeting. If you would like to receive a copy of the slides in advance, please make this request when registering to attend.
About NSUN’s monthly Network Meetings
The NSUN network meetings are for members who want to connect with others shifting power in mental health. Maybe you’re part of a user-led group supporting your community, maybe you campaign for change, or maybe you want to get more involved in the network.
The space will be relaxed – there’s no requirement to stay for the whole time, you can keep your camera on or off, and there’ll be lots of different opportunities to talk, listen and connect with other members.
Spaces for this meeting are limited so please check your availability before registering, and email us at info@nsun.org.uk if you can no longer attend.
You will need to be an NSUN member to get your joining link – please sign up here if you are not already a member.
NSUN’s Conduct Agreement
We want virtual NSUN spaces to be safe, welcoming, and inclusive. Harassment, hate speech, and inappropriate behaviour of any kind, verbal or in the chat/Q&A, will not be tolerated.
We reserve the right to immediately remove any attendee we consider to be in breach of this conduct agreement. This includes anyone making racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, or otherwise discriminatory, offensive, or hateful remarks.
Removed participants will not be able to re-join the session, or, if applicable, join any of the rest of the sessions in a day or series of events. In order to avoid the derailing of sessions we will not enter into conversations around why conduct was deemed inappropriate in the sessions themselves.
Access
You can find an Easy Read Guide to joining Zoom meetings here.
If you need help with costs to be able to access this event, we may be able to make a contribution – please get in touch with us at info@nsun.org.uk.
Zoom closed captions will be available to turn on during the meeting.
We will be asking that attendees keep themselves on mute while others are talking to avoid audio distractions.
Please let us know of any access requirements in your sign up form and we will try to accommodate them as best as we can.
About NSUN
This meeting is free to attend. It is for NSUN members (individuals with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress, and/or trauma, as well as grassroots, user-led mental health groups). If you are not already a member, sign up for free here.
NSUN is a charity and membership organisation of people and grassroots groups with lived experience of mental ill-health, trauma and dist