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SUMMARY:"Let’s talk - Silencing the silence of suicide"
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DESCRIPTION:Talk and debate around suicide and mental health issues among
 st the student population.\n\nAbout this Event\n\nAt a time of a global 
 pandemic and international lockdown and the consequential decline in \nh
 uman contact\, there has been an exponential rise in mental health diffi
 culties. In this event\, and in \nassociation with the mental health cha
 rity\, SOS Silence of Suicide\, we hope to open up the \ndebate about su
 icide and de-stigmatise the silence that surrounds this.\n\nFor this eve
 nt we will be inviting the heads of the mental health charity\n SOS Sile
 nce of Suicide\, Michael Mansfield QC and his wife Yvette \nGreenway-Man
 sfield\, who have sadly lost their own daughter to \nsuicide a few years
  ago. Michael Mansfield is one of the country’s most \nprominent human r
 ights lawyers (Stephen Lawrence inquiry\, Jean \nCharles de Menezes\, Gu
 ildford Four etc) and a great speaker. Their \ncharity’s website can be 
 found here: https://sossilenceofsuicide.org\n\nBut we will also have Cla
 ire Francis from the Counselling and Mental\n Health Service and Junior 
 Usina\, Welfare and Community Officer at \nManchester University's Stude
 nt Union. They will be speaking on the \nchallenges of student universit
 y life during COVID (and beyond) and on \nthe support the University off
 ers to students regarding mental health.\n\nOur final guest will be Barb
 ara\, Deputy Director of Manchester and Salford \nSamaritans.  Samaritan
 s provide round the clock support for those struggling \nTo cope.\n\nThe
  talk will be followed by a debate.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:online
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