Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council

The work of the WRSPC focuses on four pillars: Building a Sense of Community Engaging Populations of Priority Advancing Organizational Capacity and Growing Provincial and National Reach. We provide the following programs within three key areas referred to as Hope Help and Healing: *Distribution of free educational brochures and resources to the community. *Presentations and educational opportunities offered to organizations schools workplaces and for professionals providing frontline services about life promotion suicide awareness stress and mental health. * Funding for suicide alertness and intervention training workshops such as START a 1.5-hour online training that increases knowledge and comfort about suicide. *4 professionally led suicide bereavement support groups. *An annual World Suicide Prevention Day event.