Surviving Suicide





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We are here for you if you've been impacted by suicide

 

Pete's Dragons has a passion for making sure those impacted by suicide are supported. The Dragons are a team that have experienced the aftermath first-hand and worked together to ensure that all those impacted by suicide in Devon and North Somerset have access to timely and appropriate support.

 


We are honest, brave, vibrant and a little bit sweary... so we will come straight out and say it - losing someone to suicide is just so totally devastating and exhaustingly shit. We know, we've been there. We know that as families, partners, friends and colleagues adapt to the world without their loved one, we can help in a number of practical and meaningful ways, such as: practical advice, emotional support, peer support, talking & holistic therapies, activities & events, grief courses and counselling. We also know that psychological and therapeutic support must be timely, appropriate and carried out by professionals and we work hard to ensure we have a range of quality therapists and specialists within our team to provide their support.

 

Click on any of the below headings to read more about us, get in touch or to refer someone for our support.

 

 




We help people understand how they can contribute to preventing suicide

 

Our overarching aim at Pete’s Dragons is to put ourselves out of business, we don’t want to be supporting people after a suicide because we don’t want suicides to occur in the first place.

Our contribution to this aim is our highly skilled and experienced training and consultancy department which offers workshops and courses in all aspects of suicide postvention (bereavement), intervention and prevention as well as wellbeing and mental health maintenance.

As with our postvention support our training and consultancy offering is completely bespoke and can be tailored for individual/organisational need.

Trustee Opportunities

We are currently looking for additional Trustees to join the Board and are particularly interested in speaking to people with a background in finance/accountancy, governance and maybe some lived experience. There are currently five Trustees who meet once a month in the evening via Teams.

Personal Specification:

• The ability to think strategically and see the bigger picture
• A commitment to the charity’s vision
• An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of trusteeship
• A willingness to devote the necessary time and effort to their duties as a trustee
• Good independent judgement
• A willingness to speak their mind
• An ability to work effectively as a member of a team

Applications to be made to our recruitment partner only: - Jackie Dawkins, Shine Charity Recruitment (jackie@shinecharityrecruitment.co.uk) 01884 841751

For more information, head to --> TRUSTEE OPPORTUNITIES WITH PETE’S DRAGONS (Devon) – Shine Charity Recruitment