Elliot Colburn: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- public affairs and campaigns manager at Samaritans
- Quoted on
- Mental health
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“People with this experience are telling us they don't feel equipped with the training on dealing with someone in suicidal crisis. The data is pretty clear that once someone has undergone a form of suicide prevention training, their confidence in making an intervention and potentially saving a life skyrockets.”
Where Elliot Colburn has been quoted
- Suicide-related callouts to fire services triple in England in a decadetheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.
- One Year On: How The Royal Foundation is strengthening suicide prevention support in the UKRoyal Foundation
- Norwich City teams up with The Royal Foundation to support suicide preventionNorwich City Football Club
- Licensable picture: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention hosted its annual Out of the Darkness Walk on Oct. 10 in Staunton's Gypsy HillReuters Connect
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