SafeTALK workshop is June 23

A suicide-alertness workshop will be taking place in Elora on June 23.

SafeTALK is a half-day, suicide-alertness workshop that prepares anyone 15 years of age and older to become a suicide-alert helper.

Suicide accounts for 24 per cent of all deaths among those 15 to 24, say organizers.

SafeTALK participants will learn to:

- notice and respond to situations where suicide thoughts might be present;

- recognize that invitations for help are often overlooked;

- move beyond the common tendency to miss, dismiss, and avoid suicide;

- apply the TALK steps: tell, ask, listen and keep safe; and

- know community resources and how to connect someone for further help.

The workshop, put on by Centre Wellington Community Foundation, takes place June 23 from 9am to 12:30pm at the Elora library community room. The cost is $10 per person. To pre-register visit cwcfoundation.ca.