Suicide prevention plans and review for any business or charity.
Mental health advice , well-being advice and consultancy for any business or charity.
Consultancy, advice and project management for teams, charities and organisations.
We can provide briefings and training on suicide prevention and self-harm.
We are excited to launch a new venture
We help public health, charities and business reduce the risk of suicide and improve mental wellbeing through projects, strategy, expertise and by developing services.
Recent Nuthatch projects have included:
Some earlier projects that Neil managed with Nuthatch included programme managing the launch of the National Suicide Prevention Alliance’s lived experience network, writing a suicide prevention strategy for a major property firm and working with Samaritans to review Highways England’s suicide prevention strategy.
Prior to setting up Nuthatch, Neil led the award-winning suicide prevention on the railway programme for Samaritans in partnership with Network Rail, and he is an expert in suicide prevention, mental health and wellbeing. Neil has delivered major award winning suicide prevention campaigns Real People Real Stories and Small Talk Saves Lives, and led Samaritans’ award winning training team delivering suicide prevention and trauma support training. Neil has also written the rail industry guide for suicide prevention in community outreach.
Neil is on the Suicide Prevention and Self Harm Panel for R;pple Suicide Prevention‘s Advisory Board.
Neil launched Nuthatch Retreats, a side project to support people’s wellbeing by connecting them with nature.
She brings 10 years of experience of delivering creative programmes and projects that are co-designed with a diverse range of people and organisations across third and statutory sectors with a focus on suicide prevention and mental health . She’s skilled at bringing people together, listening to feedback, ensuring that everyone’s voice is heard and securing community buy in.
Her Community Rehabilitation team provide a high-quality specialist and intensive rehabilitation service that supports the recovery of adults with psychosis and other mental health conditions.
Recent successes include facilitating a local Carers Support Group and supporting the development of a Recovery Through Activities programme – in addition to managing a busy multi-disciplinary team of professionals, enabling them to provide the best quality support to the people that the team services.
Prior to this she led an innovative pilot to champion voluntary and community sector (VCS) and resident involvement in the Neighbourhoods Programme – part of City and Hackney Integrated Care System. This successful pilot delivered two community partnerships led by local residents and VCS organisations, capable of transforming and redesigning local health and care services for local people collaborating with statutory partners.
Katie has experience of writing successful business cases and proposals and securing recurrent and matched funding.
She has been working with Nuthatch to deliver a major scoping project for a community mental health legacy programme on behalf of Bessels Green Baptist Church near Sevenoaks, Kent.
Previous Experience includes:
Advice, Consultancy, Suicide Prevention, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Community Outreach, Postvention/Post Incident Support, Strategic Partnerships, Charity Sector, Working with Volunteers, Emotional Support, Media, Campaigns, Helplines, Stakeholder Engagement, Business Cases, Proposals, Nature Retreats, Project set up, Project Management.
Nuthatch Consultants are members of the National Suicide Prevention Alliance
"Neil is a strategic thinker, highly organised, and can work with anyone. He is practically and emotionally intelligent, diligent and persistent, and brings a positivity when times are difficult."
"Neil has led a number of award-winning campaigns for the Samaritans. These include our suicide prevention partnership with Network Rail, as well as Small Talk Saves Lives, and the launch of Real People Real Stories. He is a suicide prevention, wellbeing and trauma support/post incident support expert, and a pleasure to work with!"
"Neil has been commissioned several times by us in East Sussex to undertake a range of research and strategy projects concerned with suicide prevention at a site of high suicide frequency. He has great understanding of the multiple factors at play, and has built firm trusted relationships with the many stakeholders, who do not necessarily agree on things. Neil had been able to deliver powerful work and recommendations, and these have really moved our work along. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Neil as a trusted contractor."
“Neil was a fantastic interim programme manager for a key piece of work for us. He built an engaged a team of other consultants working to short time-frames, kept of all the many threads of the programme on track, ensured I was informed of progress and any issues, and helped ensure our project was delivered effectively, thoughtfully and on time.”
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