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About us
PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people. We believe that no young person should have to struggle alone with thoughts of suicide.

Mission, vision, values
PAPYRUS exists to reduce the number of young people who take their own lives, by shattering the stigma surrounding suicide and equipping young people and their communities with the skills to recognise and respond to emotional distress.
- Who we are
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- What we do
  - Policies and governance
Help and advice
HOPELINE247
Our suicide prevention helpline, HOPELINE247, is a free, confidential, non-judgmental space to talk openly about your thoughts of suicide with our trained advisers. We work with young people, concerned others and professionals via phone, text, email and webchat, every day.

Help and advice resources
From coping techniques to conversation starters, distraction techniques and dealing with anxiety, we have a broad range of help and advice resources for you to download.
Fundraising
Fundraising news
Read about our latest fundraising events, campaigns and ways in which you can get involved. We shine a spotlight on some of our incredible fundraisers, flying the flag for Team PAPYRUS across the UK.

Donate
There are so many ways that you can get involved and raise funds for PAPYRUS so we can keep saving young lives. Your support helps us to keep our services running, offering a lifeline to young people at risk of suicide and creating suicide-safer communities across the UK.
Education and training
What we offer
From our 30-minute SPARK session to our CPD-accredited SPOT and SPEAK sessions, to LivingWork’s comprehensive two-day ASIST course, our array of training equips you to make a difference and gives you the confidence to help keep people around you safe from suicide.

Book a training session
Book one of PAPYRUS's suicide prevention education and training sessions, and help us to create suicide safer communities across the UK. Our training pages are regularly updated, so please check back for new dates.
News and campaigns
Latest news
Keep up to date with the latest news from across PAPYRUS. From upcoming campaigns to personal blogs from our supporters, fundraisers and volunteers.

Campaigns
Learn about our current and upcoming campaigns. From Save the Class to Spot the Signs, Sinking Feeling and more.
Get involved
Work for PAPYRUS
We're always on the lookout for passionate individuals to join the team across the UK, to help create a suicide safer society. Click here to see the latest vacancies at PAPYRUS.

Volunteer for PAPYRUS
We need passionate and committed volunteers to help us to equip people with the tools and skills needed to identify and respond to a young person at risk. Find out more about volunteering opportunities at across the UK.
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My whole way of thinking has changed. I feel positive about my future and the people around me. I’m now looking forward to the future and helping others just like me!
Thank you so much for the incredible support PAPYRUS and HOPELINE247 has given me. You helped me in that moment and it kept me alive.
I intend to continue to fundraise for and promote PAPYRUS. I am so proud and humbled to be involved with a wonderful charity, and to have received the support that I have.
Having been personally bereaved by suicide I understand the importance and need for our charity. I am surrounded by others who are as passionate as I am about saving lives.

* All feedback is provided by people who contact PAPYRUS. All feedback has full consent of the user and the user remains fully anonymous. Some feedback may have been adapted to keep the users anonymity.

Our latest news

Stay up to date with PAPYRUS; our news section is regularly updated with helpful advice and guidance, as well as information about our upcoming events and campaigns. If you have any questions or queries please get in touch.

World Suicide Prevention Day 2024: Changing the Narrative on Suicide

Today is the 10 September 2024, which marks World Suicide Prevention Day. This year’s theme is “Changing the Narrative on…

ONS releases 2023 suicide statictics for England and Wales

ONS releases suicide statistics for 2023

We know from speaking to young people that reading statistics around suicide can be scary, and we didn’t want to…

Collaborating to create suicide safer communities

This blog has been written by PAPYRUS Community Development Officer, Claire, based in our Swindon office. Joining PAPYRUS in January,…

LESSONS THAT SAVE LIVES

Driving instructor Lee Spary is steering his fundraising in the right direction having already raised more than £5,000 for the…

Our upcoming events

Please see below some of our upcoming and exciting events including fundraisers and charity events we will be attending. For more information please get in touch.

Great North Run 2025

Great North Run 2025

Date: 07/09/2025

Register your interest with #TeamPAPYRUS for our biggest year yet at the Great North Run 2025!

Edinburgh Marathon 2025

Edinburgh Marathon 2025

Date: 25/05/2025

Wizz Air Hackney Half Marathon 2025

Wizz Air Hackney Half Marathon 2025

Date: 18/05/2025

Sign up here to register to receive a place on the Wizz Air Hackney Half Marathon 2025!

Manchester Marathon 2025

Manchester Marathon 2025

Date: 27/04/2025

Click here to sign up for the Manchester Marathon 2025!

Members

Below are our current memberships we hold. If you require further details please contact us.

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