Hertfordshire County Council and Stevenage Borough Council: A new crisis café to prevent suicide at a high-risk location

Créé par:  Tahmina Akther
Dernière mise à jour: 01 mars 2023
Original Published Date: 30 oct. 2022
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Case study

From March to October 2021, there was a reported increased in the number of suicide attempts, fatalities, and interventions at Stevenage train station. A Task and Finish Group was set up to quickly explore what support could be offered locally to people in crisis at the station. A NightLight crisis café has been opened close to the station, with 108 visits in the first month alone. This case study was done jointly with the National Suicide Prevention Alliance and forms part of our suicide prevention resource.

Category: Suicide Prevention