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St John Ambulance to run suicide prevention course

Two-day ASIST course to be offered

St John Ambulance is to run courses to educate people on suicide intervention support for the first time.

The organisation is well-known for first aid and mental health awareness initiatives and will shortly start delivering the ASIST course (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training).

Suicide prevention trainer John Kermode says the two-day course is widely used and he's grateful it is being added to the offering:

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