Guidance for Practitioners

Use our guides to help you talk to people who could be at risk of suicide or self-harm about their online activity. Created with people with lived experience.

Support people to have safe and positive experiences online

Talking about online activity is important when supporting people around suicide and self-harm. Learn how you can help people have safe and positive experiences online.

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Understanding online activity around suicide and self-harm

We explore why and how people create, share or browse content relating to suicide and self-harm. Learn about the risks and benefits.

Responding to online activity around suicide and self-harm

We help you with what to do when you come across online activity around suicide and self harm that worries you.

Training and resources

Find resources that you can download and share with colleagues, parents and the people you work with.

e-learning module

Take our module on internet safety, suicide and self-harm to learn how to have supportive conversations with the people you work with about their online activity around suicide and self-harm.

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Online harms advisory service

Contact our advisory service for further support around online content related to suicide and self-harm.

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Handouts

Download printable information on internet safety, suicide and self-harm to give to people you work with and parents and carers.

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Social media toolkit

Download our social media toolkit to share with other practitioners, encouraging them to learn about internet safety, suicide and self-harm.

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