Not The Void UK

Sunday meetings 3pm GMT, capped at 20 people, all are welcome; new faces and old familiars! Attend as and when you need. April 13th April 27th May 11th May 25th June 8th June 22nd. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Lighting the candle as I do ahead of every Not The Void UK meeting to remember those we have lost to suicide.

I recorded a flu congested video about what a year of facilitating Not the Void has been like. It's very low tech, but it's sincere! notthevoid.uk/post/not-the-v…

That around read part of Not The Void, not point, I have the flu so bad right now!

Our website is live! You can find info on our meetings, get in contact and find out a bit about who is point of Not the Void UK here notthevoid.uk

We meet on Sunday at 3pm GMT if anyone needs to talk, or simply be with other people who are struggling to stay alive. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Not the Void stands against pathologisation, we will keep what you share confidential and we will not try to fix you, silver line the grief you are feeling or censor your anger. You remain in control of what you share, whether you go on camera, what you tell us. /5

Not the Void UK is not just transgender people inclusive, but we acknowledge that the unjust, harmful systems transgender people interact with can often increase feelings of not wanting to live anymore. /1

I will reply to your emails, but it won't be a consistently swift response and I wanted to be clear where my limits are so I can focus on the times I can support people.

Curiosity is a key Not the Void value so please send me questions, I love to recieve them and answer you. Our website is nearly finished and that will make info sharing much easier. However I can't provide a 24 hour crisis response. /2

Just a heads up, our Not the Void email inbox is only checked by me and I balance that work with looking after my health and caring responsibilities. If it's your first contact I try to respond within the hour but otherwise, it might take me 48 hours to reply /1

Today we'll be at @NSUNnews members meeting, sharing what our first year has been like and the collective learning we have gained.

Collectively, we've spent 55+ hours this year talking about suicide, not counting facilitator session planning, any one to one support for members, and de and pre briefs.

I just calculated how many attendances our Not the Void UK group has had since May 2024 and we've seen 493 attendances (some will be regulars, some will be occasional attendees.) Over Xmas week, we saw 54 attendances alone.

We all need money and the resources to live our lives. No government has the right to deprive citizens of the resources we agree to share as part of the welfare state to sustain each other. Workers deserve rights and pay. We stand with you.

Seeing the NCISH report on recent UK suicide data, I noticed how living alone and being bereaved were key stressors for people dying by suicide. If this is you, at Not the Void, you will be among peers who are facing this too. /5

Not the Void holds to a few crucial paradigm shifts, and one is that we are moving away from pathologizing individual people for how they cope and toward responding to the injustices that people face in the wider society we live in. /1