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Two different six week suicide bereavement support groups are starting in the Family Centre, Chapel Street, Castlebar soon.

If you have been affected by suicide you would be most welcome to an evening in the Family Centre, Chapel Street, Castlebar, which will be hosted by families who themselves have experienced a suicide. They will speak of how they are trying to cope and face into the future. The get-together is on Wednesday October 10 starting at 7.30pm.

Worldwide more than one million people die by suicide each year. This week, Suicide Prevention Week provides an opportunity to promote worldwide action to prevent suicides and to build resilience in communities. Communities across the globe will be lighting a candle to show their support for suicide prevention, to remember a lost loved one, and for the survivors of suicide.

From a small office in the town of Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim, the voluntary group STOP (Start Telling Others Prevent) Suicide are dedicated to helping those who feel under such duress that they contemplate taking their own lives, as well as those who have been bereaved due to suicide.

Suicide is devastating for everybody involved. It is a sensitive subject that has been avoided in the pastand is a well known problem in Mayo. Many people say the high rates of suicide in the west are due to the bad weather and many people living isolated in rural areas. They may not receive attention or have access to support agencies that deal with issues such as depression or suicide. Of course the reasons for suicide are impossible to pin-point as they are so personal to each victim. The only way the high suicide rates can be reduced is by now helping those that can still be helped, for example, people who have suicidal thoughts or inflict self harm. To have somebody available, in a comfortable environment, to lend a sympathetic ear to a person’s problems without them being criticised or judged would greatly help everyone and promote a healthy community for all.

The Nephin View Restoration Group is holding a vintage run on Sunday September 16 in aid of talkaboutit.ie.

A two day ASIST training course will be held in Ballycastle Community Hall on Wednesday and Thursday September 19 and 20.

SafeTALK is a three hour training programme that prepares anyone over the age of 18 to identify people with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first aid resources.

Galway county councillor Peter Roche is to address an upcoming major international conference on suicide, to be held in Dublin next week.

Hundreds of people will take to the streets of Swinford in Mayo for Console’s inaugural Suicide Prevention and Postvention Memorial Walk which will be started by local Councillor Joe Mellett.