{"id":266254,"date":"2025-07-16T09:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/266254\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T09:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:34:11","slug":"citb-and-nhs-wales-launch-suicide-awareness-campaign-on-welsh-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/266254\/","title":{"rendered":"CITB and NHS Wales launch suicide awareness campaign on Welsh sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A suicide awareness campaign backed by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and NHS Wales has been launched across construction sites in Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative, developed in partnership with the NHS Wales Suicide Prevention and Self Harm Programme, includes a poster campaign and a series of toolbox talks aimed at encouraging workers to seek help and challenge stigma around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/health-and-safety\/mind-matters\/firms-urged-to-train-managers-to-identify-mental-health-issues-12-05-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Support services promoted in the campaign include NHS 111 Wales, the C.A.L.L. Mental Health Helpline, and the construction-specific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/sections\/long-reads\/opinion\/who-supports-our-mental-health-first-aiders-10-09-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lighthouse charity helpline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Male suicide rates in Wales are more than three times those of women, the CITB said, with factors such as job insecurity, long hours, and a reluctance to discuss mental health contributing to higher risk in the construction sector.<\/p>\n<p>Launch events for the campaign have been held at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/welsh-cancer-centre-cost-up-by-300m-as-contract-confirmed-10-06-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacyr\u2019s Velindre Cancer Centre project in Cardiff<\/a> and a school site in Flintshire.<\/p>\n<p>CITB engagement director for Wales Julia Stevens said the programme builds on progress to reduce stigma and improve access to support, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s vital that we look after our workforce and create the right culture where people can access support without fear of stigma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Chris O\u2019Connor, clinical lead in NHS Wales\u2019s mental health programme, said stigma around mental health remains a barrier to seeking help, but increased awareness and signposting could encourage more conversations and interventions on site.<\/p>\n<p>The CITB said it has funded more than \u00a31.5m in mental health initiatives since 2018 and supported nearly 52,000 people to complete mental health first aid and awareness training.<\/p>\n<p>Source: CITB announcement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suicide awareness campaign backed by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and NHS Wales has been launched&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-266254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114862231704762739","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}