Suicide Prevention

What is it?  

Day by Day is SASP's Suicide Prevention Project providing a safe, supportive space where you can talk openly about your feelings, connect with others, and explore new ways to manage your mental health.  

Our wellbeing mentors provide individual support for a number of sessions, in the community wherever feels most comfortable for you. These sessions are designed to help you talk openly about your feelings, build confidence, and explore new ways to manage your mental health. 

Who is it for? 

Young adults aged 16-25 in Somerset who are or have been at risk of self-harm and suicide. 

Where? 

Somerset wide.

Our Mentors Are:

Experts by Experience

Our wellbeing mentors have faced their own mental health challenges and use their lived experiences to offer support, reassurance, and guidance. They help you feel better about yourself, recognise your self-worth, and build confidence in a way that works for you. 

Connectors

We will help you find and access community groups, particularly those focused on sport and physical activity, and support you until you feel confident attending on your own. 

Advocates

We will help you find your voice, represent your needs, and support you in accessing the right resources and services. 

Our Mentors Are Not: 

Counsellors

While we can signpost you to great counselling services, our wellbeing mentors are not trained counsellors. 

Therapists

Our mentors provide support based on lived experience, not clinical therapy. If you or someone you are nominating requires therapeutic intervention, this may not be the right service. 

Unlimited Support

Our goal is to empower you with the tools and confidence to manage your mental health and everyday challenges, rather than provide long-term ongoing support. 

A Substitute for Social Care

We work closely with social care services but offer a different kind of support. Our focus is on peer-led guidance and connection through sport and activity. 

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Through funding from Rethink and the OMH Alliance, we are carrying out targeted work around suicide prevention. Over the past two years, our We've Got This project highlighted the critical need for more support for young people in crisis. We are committed to bridging these gaps and ensuring that those at risk receive the help they need when they need it most.