{"id":43893,"date":"2024-05-14T14:38:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T04:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=43893"},"modified":"2024-05-14T14:38:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T04:38:21","slug":"samaritans-and-network-rail-train-over-30000-rail-staff-to-help-prevent-suicide-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=43893","title":{"rendered":"Samaritans and Network Rail train over 30,000 rail staff to help prevent suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Mental Health Awareness Week (13 \u2013 19 May), Samaritans<\/a> has announced a new milestone with its Managing Suicidal Contacts programme \u2013 in partnership with Network Rail and the wider rail industry \u2013 as more than 30,000 staff members across Britain\u2019s railways have been trained to help people in crisis since 2010.<\/p>\n

Now in its 14th year, through the partnership rail staff and British Transport Police employees are trained to have the confidence and skills to identify vulnerable people and start a conversation to get them to safety. Since 2010, rail employees have made thousands of potentially life-saving interventions.<\/p>\n

Samaritans head of rail programme, Olivia Cayley, said: \u201cOur partnership with Network Rail started in 2010 \u2013 and its impact is immense. In recent years, people have had to deal with a global pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis, which has had a huge impact on people\u2019s well-being. Having the knowledge and confidence to reach out to someone in distress and offer your time to listen and help is hugely beneficial.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that one in five people have suicidal thoughts \u2013 this partnership with Network Rail means if people need someone to talk to when in crisis, they will not be alone, and help is there for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Louise McNally, suicide prevention lead at Network Rail, commented: \u201cIt\u2019s a brilliant achievement to see that we\u2019ve hit another key milestone with over 30,000 rail staff now trained to help support and identify vulnerable people across the rail network who may be at risk of suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Craig Munday, a mobile operations manager at Network Rail is just one of the many beneficiaries of the Managing Suicidal Contacts training.<\/p>\n

Craig says: \u201cI did the training online during lockdown and it was amazing. The main thing that stuck with me is how little time someone harbours suicidal thoughts and how just asking them a question could break that thought. It changed the whole way I look at things when I\u2019m out and about at work and at the stations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I see someone who looks upset, I make sure I go up to them and start a conversation, asking \u2018are you okay, are you waiting for a train?\u2019. I think I was always cautious, but it\u2019s made me more confident to approach people \u2013 you never know who you\u2019re going to help just by saying \u2018hi\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have some new guys starting as mobile managers soon and I\u2019m encouraging them to do the training. It\u2019s a brilliant subject to be trained to help people before an emergency and it\u2019s great that Network Rail has embraced it.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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