World Suicide Prevention Day 2025 – 10 september 2025

Suicide is not inevitable. You can interrupt someone’s suicidal thoughts. You could save a life.

This World Suicide Prevention Day, we’re sharing one important message: If you think someone might be suicidal, take action, interrupt their thoughts and show them you care.

Every 90 minutes, someone in the UK or Ireland dies by suicide* and 1 in 4 of us has had suicidal thoughts.**

Let’s prevent suicide today because tomorrow’s too late.

Suicidal thoughts can be interrupted

We surveyed people with lived experience of suicide, and the majority told us that their suicidal thoughts had been interrupted.***

60% said their suicidal thoughts had been interrupted by someone close to them, like a friend or family member.

14% said their suicidal thoughts had been interrupted by a stranger or someone they didn’t know.

Our World Suicide Prevention Day 2025 campaign was co-created with people who have lived experience of suicidal thoughts. We’re sharing their experiences and insights to help you take action if you suspect someone may be suicidal. We’ve put together the following webpages:

How to interrupt someone’s suicidal thoughts, including real-life examples of how people’s suicidal thoughts were interrupted by strangers or someone they know.    Ideas for how to support yourself if you’re struggling with suicidal thoughts

If you’re worried someone is having harmful thoughts, it’s better to interrupt than not.

Anyone can interrupt someone’s suicidal thoughts

Small interruptions you make and actions you take could help someone who is suicidal. You don’t have to be an expert to save someone’s life.

In response to our survey, many people with lived experience recalled times when those close to them, such as family members or friends, had interrupted their suicidal thoughts.

A close work friend said they had noticed I was looking quite down and they were worried that I might be at risk of suicide again. It made my thoughts pause.

Others talked about times when people they were less close to, even total strangers, interrupted their suicidal thoughts.

What stayed with me? A total stranger cared enough to speak kindly to me at a time when I was at my lowest.

If you’re worried about someone, or want to learn more about interruptions, visit our webpage How to interrupt someone’s suicidal thoughts