SACMHA Health & Social Care will be hosting a critically important conference in partnership with the Sheffield Health & Social Care Foundation Trust along with Sheffield Flourish on Saturday 23rd July from 9:30am at the Mega Centre, Bernard Road, Sheffield S2 5BQ .
The conference entitled ‘Addressing Black Male Suicide’, has attracted a variety of specialists as key note speakers such as therapists, counsellors, and community activists. The conference panel will address black male suicide and how it relates to the family context, faith, counselling needs and lived experiences.
David Bussue, is the Service Director of SACMHA Health & Social Care which is Sheffield’s longest established and premier African Caribbean-led Adult Social Care provider and training and community engagement organisation.
David commented that “75% of the almost 7,000 people who end their lives by suicide in the UK are men, however, though anecdotal evidence indicates an over-representation in this cohort of Black men, robust data confirming this is not available, largely because ethnic monitoring is not a requirement for Coroners. This is the first Conference of its kind in Sheffield and these statistics make the fact that we need to talk about this issue as a community even more pertinent.”
To register call 0114 272 6393 or email admin@sacmha.org.uk
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