It's world suicide prevention day. 400,000 people in England alone consider taking their own life due to financial problems. 100,000 attempt it. Today @MMHPI is launching the first Suicide Prevention Lab. Where Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Monzo & Nationwide have agreed to join us to pilot new approaches to preventing suicide. Banks don't cause all these problems, but they are in a unique central position in people’s financial lives, and we want to see if it’s possible to take advantage of that to be able to spot when customers are in trouble and urgently direct them to the right support. We aim to get under the bonnet to find the gaps, test new ways to identify and support people in crisis, and drive change not just with those who’ve signed up but right across the sector. The fact it’s a Lab is important, there’s a lot to learn here to maximise how and when to safely and considerately use the data, when and how to intervene. potentially save lives. Full info here moneyandmentalhealth.org/pre… If you have experience of money and mental health issues, please sign up for the MMHPI research community to help us help people: moneyandmentalhealth.org/com…