Poverty and suicide: understanding the connection
Samaritans Scotland & Poverty Alliance
Booking for this event is restricted - please sign up for a My SCVO account or sign in to access the booking form if you are eligible
- Day
- Tuesday 10 February
- Time slot
- 11:00-12:00
- Room
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Sidlaw auditorium
Wheelchair accessible - Contact
- Ellie Meikle
- Topics
- Workforce & HR Equalities & human rights Policy
- Overall aim
Discussing the issues that matter
- Description
What are the links between experiences of poverty and suicide? What work is happening in Scotland’s communities to help break these links and protect people? And, what are the transformative policies we need to free people from poverty and the harm it causes?
Samaritans Scotland and the Poverty Alliance are holding a panel discussion and Q&A to explore these questions. We will be joined by community organisations with deep expertise of the connections between poverty, inequality, financial hardship and suicide.
- Who is the event aimed at?
- Public, Volunteers
- Who is speaking at this event?
- Scott Thompson - member of the Lived Experience Advisory Group, Samaritans Scotland
Peter Kelly - Chief Executive, The Poverty Alliance
Danielle Rowley - Head of Policy and Communications, Samaritans Scotland
Heather Kay - Manager, STAR project
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