Spring North is proud to be working in partnership with Re-Align Futures CIC to deliver Blackburn with Darwen’s All-Age Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Strategy (2025–2030). Together, we are helping to create a borough where people feel confident discussing mental health, seeking help, and supporting one another with care and understanding. Re-Align Futures has extensive experience in delivering accredited, evidence-based training on mental health, wellbeing, and suicide prevention. Their inclusive and trauma-informed approach ensures that training reaches all parts of the community, from carers and volunteers to professionals and employers. Through this partnership, we are developing a cohesive, community-led approach that empowers people with the skills and confidence to identify distress early, initiate safe conversations, and connect others to support when it is needed most.
“Before this training, I wasn’t sure what to say or do if someone seemed in crisis. Now I understand the signs to look out for and how powerful just listening can be.”
The Kitemark will help bring people together around shared values: care, compassion, and hope. It will emphasise where support is strong, where connections are forming, and where we are collaborating to prevent suicide and promote mental health and wellbeing.
The Orange Button scheme is a way of showing others in your community who are having thoughts of suicide, or are worried about somebody else, that you are comfortable talking about suicide, can listen without judgement and can direct people to help support.
Our delivery partner Realign Futures provides suicide prevention training to support individuals, organisations, and communities to recognise and respond to suicide risk. Our training includes ASIST, a two-day course that builds practical suicide intervention skills, and safeTALK, an awareness session focused on identifying risk and connecting people to appropriate support.
