MCSP Free Suicide Prevention Training (QPR) 5/3/23

Medfield Coalition for Suicide Prevention FREE Event, May 3, 2023 at 7pm...

FREE and available to ALL Medfield Residents

MCSP is hosting a free suicide prevention training called QPR: Question, Persuade and Refer. These are the three steps you can learn to help prevent suicide. QPR will be held on Wednesday, May 3rd at 7pm at the Center in Medfield, One Icehouse Road. This is open to all residents 18 and older. CLICK HERE to REGISTER! or by scanning this QR code.

MCSP and the Medfield Public Schools work in partnership to fund the William James INTERFACE Referral Service. Interface is a referral helpline for individuals across the lifespan, available at no cost to Medfield residents. Call 888-244-6843 (toll free) Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 9 am-5 pm, or Tuesday/Thursday from 8am-6pm to consult with a mental health professional about resources and/or receive personalized, matched referrals.

Our Coalition is actively seeking new members to help us with our mission of suicide prevention. We are looking for members to attend monthly meetings, help with our initiatives mainly during suicide awareness month in September and/or mental health awareness month in May. We are looking for friendly, hands-on folks, to help with event planning and day of event help; whether a little help or a lot of help, we would be most grateful.

The Medfield Coalition for Suicide Prevention (MCSP) would like to share its ongoing efforts in our community. MCSP, funded by The Medfield Foundation and administered by Medfield Outreach, was created in September 2017 and is composed of community members and professionals who care about mental health. Recognizing that suicide has touched our town, the coalition came together to form an initiative that raises awareness and has the potential to save lives. Our mission is to promote the mental health and emotional well-being of all community members, raise awareness, reduce stigma and educate our community to help end suicide. Our vision is to build a community where suicide, self-harm and stigma have been replaced by hope, self-care and acceptance.

If anyone is interested in being added to the email distribution list to come to coalition meetings and volunteer, please email medfieldcsp@gmail.com .