Belmont Tower, at junction of Belmont Road and Belmont Church Road, Belfast.
The Belfast Centre for Study of Suicide (BCSS) was established earlier this year by Philip O’Keeffe PhD MBACP (Accred) with the following draft mission and objectives:
Mission: To facilitate the study of human suicidal behaviour in the greater Belfast area and more widely through education and research to inform and structure effective therapeutic practice with vulnerable individuals at risk of suicide, and with family members and clinicians bereaved by suicide.
Objectives:
i) To encourage those interested in understanding human suicidal behaviour to participate collaboratively, in a co-ordinated and focused way, in the study of suicide through education and research and to disseminate their insights widely, via the Internet and social media, in publications and at seminars and conferences ;
ii) To co-operate with statutory, community and voluntary organisations and individuals who share the Centre’s mission;
iii) To design, pilot and offer accredited courses of study, including seminars and conferences, in human suicidal behaviour (suicidology) at all levels up to and including university degree level;
iv) To seek the support of university schools and departments engaged in teaching and research related to human suicidal behaviour not least to secure accreditation for the Centre’s courses, seminars and conferences;
v) To secure from interested individuals and organisations the funding necessary for the Centre to function effectively and efficiently in achieving its mission; and
vi) To initiate the preparation of a corporate plan to structure the Centre’s activities over the periods August 2013/March 2014, April 2014/March 2015 and April 2015/March 2016.
Activities:
To make progress from the idea of a Centre for Study of Suicide towards a functioning organisation delivering quality product requires only the committed efforts of individuals prepared to work hard as team members to secure the Centre’s mission and objectives.
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”- Dale Carnegie
Mission: To facilitate the study of human suicidal behaviour in the greater Belfast area and more widely through education and research to inform and structure effective therapeutic practice with vulnerable individuals at risk of suicide, and with family members and clinicians bereaved by suicide.
Objectives:
i) To encourage those interested in understanding human suicidal behaviour to participate collaboratively, in a co-ordinated and focused way, in the study of suicide through education and research and to disseminate their insights widely, via the Internet and social media, in publications and at seminars and conferences ;
ii) To co-operate with statutory, community and voluntary organisations and individuals who share the Centre’s mission;
iii) To design, pilot and offer accredited courses of study, including seminars and conferences, in human suicidal behaviour (suicidology) at all levels up to and including university degree level;
iv) To seek the support of university schools and departments engaged in teaching and research related to human suicidal behaviour not least to secure accreditation for the Centre’s courses, seminars and conferences;
v) To secure from interested individuals and organisations the funding necessary for the Centre to function effectively and efficiently in achieving its mission; and
vi) To initiate the preparation of a corporate plan to structure the Centre’s activities over the periods August 2013/March 2014, April 2014/March 2015 and April 2015/March 2016.
Activities:
To make progress from the idea of a Centre for Study of Suicide towards a functioning organisation delivering quality product requires only the committed efforts of individuals prepared to work hard as team members to secure the Centre’s mission and objectives.
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”- Dale Carnegie