Awareness Raiser Volunteer with Papyrus

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.

Papyrus is the leading youth suicide prevention charity in the UK. Their suicide prevention helpline, HOPELINE247, is staffed by trained suicide prevention advisers, who work with young people to help keep them safe from suicide. They also deliver suicide prevention education and training packages to thousands of people each year, to create suicide-safer communities across the UK. They thirdly, press for change to current legislation around suicide prevention on a regional and national level.

Suicide is the biggest killer of people aged 35 and under in the UK. We believe that many suicides are preventable. 

An Awareness Raiser helps Papyrus to have conversation with individuals and groups about suicide prevention by attending engagement events including wellbeing fairs, freshers’ fairs at colleges and universities, local Pride events, volunteering fairs and fundraising events such as cheering on participants at marathons or sky dives. Awareness Raisers network within your own community to find opportunities to build suicide awareness for example with local churches or sharing resources with their place of work. This role is flexible but requires approximately a day of volunteering every 6 months.

Papyrus introduction, Safeguarding and how to follow our safeguarding procedures