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14 March 2025
Making Suicide Prevention Everybody's Business Webinar Series 2025As part of their commitment to making suicide prevention everybody's business, Public Health Suffolk invite you to attend the second in a series of webinars that will explore various themes and issues that can impact individuals and prompt them to consider taking their own lives.
Making suicide prevention everybody's business is crucial because it's the interactions people have with each other that have the potential to make a real difference. This month, the focus is on Substance Misuse.
You are encouraged to attend the webinar live if you are able, but if not, it will be able to view as a download.
Wed 26th March 2025 10:00 - 11:00 (UTC+00:00) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London
To book go to https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e3b562e9-f724-4ff6-b98e-7c763edfeba6@109c6aec-5046-4a95-8f3c-84f63ba18af4
Suffolk and North East Essex ICS ‘Can Do’ Health and Care Awards 2025
Our first ICS ‘Can Do’ Health and Care Awards took place in 2024, and the winners were announced at our annual EXPO event. The awards were a huge success in highlighting the extraordinary achievements of individuals, teams and collaborations across our health and care system.
This year our ten Awards categories reflect our ICS ‘Future Shift’ Integrated Care Strategy plus a few additional categories building on our experience last year.
We want to celebrate those who deserve special recognition for making ‘Can Do’ health and care a reality in Suffolk and North East Essex. This could be your team, yourself or someone that you know. We particularly welcome nominations that include collaboration between local teams or organisations that benefits the health and wellbeing of local people, carers, families or communities.
Nominations must be submitted using the nomination form at https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/embeds/projects/39072/survey-tools/43986
We are also looking for volunteers for our Award Judging Panels. If you would like to find out more and apply for this, please complete the form at https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/embeds/projects/39072/survey-tools/45131
SNEE People and Communities Assembly
Everyone is welcome to join the SNEE People and Communities Assembly. The Assembly is a group who support people with lived experience and the workforce to come together to improve health and care services. The group develops and learn from each other – a community of practice for involvement, co-production and co-delivery.
You can sign up to get involved in this via our Let’s Talk SNEE platform at
On Monday March 24th the Assembly is meeting from 10am - 12:30pm at West Suffolk House, or you can join virtually on Teams, please register using the above link.
West Suffolk Localities on Let’s Talk SNEE
West Suffolk Alliance are delighted to announce the launch of the West Suffolk Alliance Locality Insight Platform.
The Locality Partnership Platform on Let’s Talk SNEE aims to empower local assets to integrate and collaborate, collectively develop priorities and actions, improve relationships between organisations and inclusively communicate to enable the voice of our community to be heard. If you are involved in community working in any of the West Suffolk localities, then get involved by registering on Let’s Talk SNEE and joining the West Suffolk Localities group. More information can be found at https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/hub-page/wslocalities
Other projects currently running on Let’s Talk SNEE
Recording and sharing health and social care information – go to
https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/embeds/projects/38178/survey-tools/42736
The following engagement projects from our Integrated Care System partners are also still open:
Mental Health and Wellbeing - take part at https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/K5MFID/
SEND Collaboration at https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/hub-page/send-collaboration-2
Learn CPR in 15 minutes for free with British Heart Foundation RevivR™
https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/how-to-save-a-life/how-to-do-cpr/learn-cpr-in-15-minutes
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22 November 2024
Supporting Suffolk’s Armed Forces Community
In Suffolk there are around 3,000 UK Armed Forces Service personnel and similar number of spouses and children. Of the 30,000 Veterans in the county, around 10,000 are of working age.
The Armed Forces Covenant Board has compiled a directory of local services: mental health, welfare, community support and meet-up groups which champions the breath of support from across many partner organisations.
Visit the website: www.suffolkmilitarycovenant.org.uk
Recovery College provides a range of courses on a range of mental health issues. The following free webinars will be broadcast from Ipswich County Library
Monday 2 December, 2pm–3.30pm - Understanding and Managing Anxiety
Tuesday 3 December, 11am – 12pm – CHIME. This course focuses on the Recovery College framework which covers five key areas.
Tuesday 10 December, 10.30am–12noon - Five Ways to Wellbeing. Exploring the framework used by the NHS
Wednesday 11 December, 10.30am–12.30pm - Exploring Emotions
For more information please contact Jane.Cox@suffolklibraries.co.uk
Booking is not essential but will give you access to the full benefits available from the Recovery College. To book - https://nsft-nhs.heiapply.com/eoi-form/embed/2285
Other engagement projects currently running on Let’s Talk SNEE from our Integrated Care System partners:
Violence Against Women & Girls strategy for 2025-2028 the Suffolk VAWG Steering Group would like to hear from victim survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence (any gender) in Suffolk to help shape our priorities.
To register for an online or face to face engagement session go to https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=fZgkhyM1SkWL2ZfCJQLkNtazanXQrlVNqxkZL4FgSJRURENCODRIV0VUM0FZMDdKNlBZQUxDS1ZORi4u&route=shorturl
If you would rather engage by completing a survey for victim-survivors go to https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=fZgkhyM1SkWL2ZfCJQLkNtazanXQrlVNqxkZL4FgSJRURTQzNENJRFExV0dZWTIyRk0zN1ZTNTRCVy4u&route=shorturl
SEND Collaboration at https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/hub-page/send-collaboration-2
Children’s Services in Suffolk are running a survey on the County Council website at https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/children-families-and-learning/childrens-health
Healthwatch Suffolk wants to know how you’re being supported to look after your health whilst on a waiting list in Suffolk. Please take part in the anonymous survey at smartsurvey.co.uk/s/elective
We love to hear from you
Get in touch at https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/tell-us-something or if you have a question relating to health and wellbeing in Suffolk and North East Essex then ask us at https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/ask-us
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8 November 2024
People & Communities Insight & Oversight Group
Our People & Communities event is getting closer but there's still time to book your place or register your interest for getting involved with the group. Fill out the form at https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/embeds/projects/36621/survey-tools/40744 or go to www.letstalksnee.co.uk/people-and-communities-insight-and-oversight-group for more information.
Other engagement projects currently running on Let’s Talk SNEE:
Connect for Health at https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/ies-connect-for-health/surveys/connect-for-health-feedback-survey-october-2024
ME & CFS and Long Covid survey at https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/embeds/projects/20120/survey-tools/40479
SEND Collaboration at https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/hub-page/send-collaboration-2
We also have some non ICB surveys from colleagues within the Suffolk & North East Essex Integrated Care System (SNEE ICS):
Mental Health Research Priorities in Norfolk & Suffolk
Children’s Services in Suffolk are running a survey on the County Council website at https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/children-families-and-learning/childrens-health
Healthwatch Suffolk are running a survey about waiting for treatment in Suffolk. Take the survey at smartsurvey.co.uk/s/elective
We love to hear from you
Get in touch at https://www.letstalksnee.co.uk/ask-us