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Make Space @makespaceco.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're back! ✨ And excited to announce our new creative writing programme - Arts and Ourselves: Writing Our Own Way🖊️A series of five workshops, by and for people with experience of self-harm, running every 2 weeks from 30th Sept. Learn more and sign up at www.makespaceco.org/artsandourselves (1/3)

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Not the Void UK is a peer group. Our co facilitators are all living with their own suicidal experiences, which means we also step into vulnerability to share our difficulties with our group. We hold space knowing we have the same fears, shame, flaws, regrets as anybody else. /1

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

And we're back online, big thank you to L for sorting out today. If you have any issues getting onto our website, drop us a message and we'll sort it out.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Our website will be inactive while we switch over some billing details, it will be back. If you need us, you can always get us on: NotTheVoidUK@protonmail.com (E2EE, no AI used.) We have 4 facilitators who keep up with emails and will send you info re meetings. You are never a bother to us.

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A scribbly black void declares
We're sorry but the voice mailbox for the void is full. Plesse try screaming into it at a later time to be transferred to the abyss please scream two.

A woman points at a floating void saying 'yeah that's what yhe abyss's message said.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thank you for the mention, we are so grateful for all the knowledge and experience NSUN has shared with us, as well as funding we've recieved. Our upcoming Autumn/Winter dates will be up on our website soon. You can use the contact form to learn more and register for when we meet 20th September.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Not the Void UK meets this afternoon. We light a candle to remember everybody we have lost and our own suicide related losses too. We sit with the love we have for our friends who died too early. We sit with the complexity & ambivalence about being alive in this world where peace is hard to find.

A large white candle in front of a colourful plate on the wall, where one of Erin EggsDoodz prints hangs, the image is of oranges and lines fron Carol Ann Duffys poem 'I love you, I'm glad I exist.'

The Orange BY Wendy Cope.
At lunchtime I bought a huge orange—
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave—
They got quarters and I had a half.

And that orange, it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.
This is peace and contentment. It’s new.

The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all the jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. I’m glad I exist.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Not the Void UK is back this weekend! We offer a confidential, non clinical, conpassionate place to talk about your suicidal experiences with peers. We also offer: • a mad/ crip/ neurodivergent/ trauma resource library • access to Benefits and Work welfare guides. • community and social bonding. /1

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Not the Void facilitators are meeting this week to plan our Autumn Winter Sunday meeting cycle. We'll also take lessons on what has sustained us and what's been hard for us over the summer break. We all agree, we missed seeing our members on zoom and we can't wait to see you all again on 6th Sept x

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Not the Void team is halfway through our Break (one co facilitator is counting the days to Autumn, their favourite season!) We're back on the 6th Sept. If you want to join us, rest assured, email us and we'll send you the registration link by then. We're holding our members in our hearts and minds.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Our last Sunday peer support meeting is on Sunday 26th July at 3pm. We'll be talking about our suicidal experiences together. We hold a non clinical, confidential spacs for peer support, no judgment, no fixing. Every meeting is open to first timers, this coming Sunday is no exception.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Our candles are lit in remembrance of everyone and everybody we've lost to suicide, and the lack of justice and support out there for people who feel like dying when life is unbearable. Every time Not the Void UK meets, we renember our friends and loved ones.

A beeswax candle and a tea light behind a blue glass snowdrop holder. A badge pinned to the candle says it's ok to be blue, ok to be human. Handmade paper flowers and a gallileo thermometer are the background.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Not the Void UK has three meetings left until we take our Summer Break, as part of caring for our needs as a peer facilitators, we'll be taking a few weeks off to replenish before we return. Our mailing list members will get an email shortly with /1

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Our next Not the Void zoom meetings are: 28th June 3pm 12th July 3pm 26th July 3pm We hold space for compassionate, non clinical, confidential discussions of ouf suicidal thoughts, feelings and experiences, including past attempts and self harm. You can sign up at www.notthevoid.uk

Facilitator commitments

We work as your peers, we do not offer medical advice, therapy or crisis intervention.

We will interrupt expressions of hate and challenge stereotypes so that it does not fall to members to tolerate this in our meetings.

We will explain how meetings are structured. We'll keep meetings on topic and on time.

We will follow our radical safeguarding policy. If someone discloses that they/another person is at risk of serious harm, we will speak with them about the next steps.

We are accountable to you, we do this by being honest with you. We bring our humanity and vulnerability to this group.

Overlapping commitments:

We will make group related decisions together.

We are responsible to each other, but not responsible for each other.

When conflict arises, we will treat each other with respect and curiosity.

Member commitments

We respect each other, appreciating different perspectives/experiences of oppression, trauma and community.

We avoid sharing graphic details of methods of suicide, self harm and acts of violence.

We allow a mutual flow of support rather than taking the role of fixer and fixed, expert and student.

We respect the confidentiality of each meeting.

If we tend to stay quiet, we can choose to step in to speak. If we speak often, we can choose to step back to a listening role, we share the 90 minutes between us.

We'll honour our comfort and accessibility needs.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

A reminder that people who are part of oyr community and come along to our Sunday meetings also get access to: • Benefits and Work advice guides on welfare from oyr subscription. • access to a drive of shared resources collated by our members

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Not the Void UK don't keep registers of who attends our meetings, but we do keep an overall count of attendances for each meeting. Between Jan and March, we held space for 96 suicidal people to be in meetings with us and we're on track for another hundred between April and Junes end. /1

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This week, I've been reflecting on how grief is a continuous thread through our meetings and how powerful it can be to know that your own loss matters to other people, that the rip in the face of the world is not something you have to grieve alone. /1

Ronna Bloom

Rending the Garments

There should be a shiva for every kind of grief —
the break-up, the diagnosis, the assault —
where people come over unbidden and
wash their hands and bring casseroles
and hold you.

They do this all day or three times a day f
or seven days so you know, you know
it happened and matters to more
than you, matters to a community of you.

What's needed is wailing with an ax, fights,
outings, and touch. Touch and singing.
Can you hear me?
Has anyone done that for you, lately
or ever? Come over, torn open the sky
and let the snow fall in the wrong month
to show there's a rip in the face of the world?

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

At Not the Void UK, we don't take it for granted that the police (or other emergency responders) are necessarily 'safe' agencies, our members may have experienced abuse, harassment or neglect from the police. /1 www.notthevoid.uk/resources/ra...

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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Reminder! ⏰ Join us on Tuesday next week for an online conversation with Jess Worner (National Suicide Prevention Alliance) & Iona MacTaggart (Living Warriors) talking Peer Support & Suicide. 🔗 Find out more and sign up via the link below!

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In Conversation: Jess Worner & Iona MacTaggart talking Peer Support & Suicide

A conservation with Jess and Iona to share their insight and experiences about peer support and suicide.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Frequently asked questions: Q: when are Not the Void meetings? You can find the dates we meet on the when tab of our website: www.notthevoid.uk/when

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When it all happens — Not the Void

Explore our peer support and social calendar

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Sarah Huque and Alexander Oaten were on BBC radio today to talk about suicide and liveability; what does it mean to focus on building lives that feel worth living, vs preventing a person from killing themselves only to return them to their social environment? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Thinking Allowed - Suicide, Society and Liveability - BBC Sounds

What shapes a life that feels worth living? How Durkheim's research is being rethought

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Not the Void UK meets at 3pm on Sunday 31st May on zoom, for 90 minutes of conversation about our suicidal experiences. If the state of this world or the hot bank holiday weather has left you feeling more alone, more like ending your life, we're here. www.notthevoid.uk

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A place to talk freely about suicide

We are a group of people living alongside experiences of suicide who seek to find meaningful connections and understanding within that experience. We are not a pro suicide space and do not discuss,...

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

On this day in 2024, a group of strangers gathered to build a harm reduction peer support community, inspired by the Alternatives to Suicide model created by Western Mass RLC. 600 meeting registrations alter and 200+ hours having conversations about our suicidal experiences, Not the Void UK is 2!

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Not the Void UK has been running for two years on Sunday, back on May 24th 2024, we put out an open invitation to anybody who wanted to explore forming a peer support group using the Alternatives to Suicide method. I had no idea what people would say. /1

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

We're meeting tomorrow (Sunday) 3pm, on zoom and there are places for people who wish to join us to talk about our own suicidal experiences together. Email us on NotTheVoidUK@protonmail.com or via the contact form at www.notthevoid.uk to get the registration sign up link.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Maybe this is the first time you've thought about suicide, Maybe you can't recall ever not wanting to die Maybe the storm of trying to kill yourself is over Maybe you're left with memories and confusing emotions when life's supposed to be all fine. /1

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

At Not The Void UK, we won't ask you to make any promises to stay but we'll be here making this world worth living in, we're here to respond to injustice and fight for better.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It'll be a bank holiday weekend here in the UK and we're meeting at 3pm on Sunday 3rd May. We're holding space for people to speak about their experiences with suicide and share mutual peer support, in a compassionate, non clinical and confidential meeting. /1

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Not the Void UK meetings are a place where you can share how you feel and what you're going through in relation to your experiences of suicide. At our members request, we've been experimenting with more general discussion topics on days where the energy is low and people want a prompt. /1

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Our next peer support meeting is Sunday April 19th at 3pm, we'll meet for 90 minutes on zoom to speak about our experiences with suicide, the big and little things that we want support with, we'll share resources and solidarity with each other. Places are available: www.notthevoid.uk

A person struggling under the weight they are carrying, lots of empty speech bubbles, some of which fall around them.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

It's taken a while but our radical safeguarding policy is finally up on our website. Our co facilitator team will be reviewing it as it was created a year ago. Big thank you to members and peers who proofread it so closely, it meant a lot to me to have your input. www.notthevoid.uk/resources/ra...

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

PAUSE Intl (People Addressing and Understanding Suicidal Experiences) are holding monthly free online listening circles over the Summer, from April to August. 12pm EDT is 5pm BST. www.eventbrite.com/e/listening-...

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Listening Spaces: Welcoming Spaces for Sharing about Suicide Experiences

Free, monthly, welcoming spaces for open sharing about personal experiences related to suicide (attempts, loss, suicidal thoughts, etc.)

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This week different members of our co facilitator team have been: • at a seminar on AI and the utility of 'AI psychosis' as a label. • learning about Roots Up new S.H.A.R.E approach to peer support around suicide. /1

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

We meet in half an hour so the candle is lit to mark all our precious loved ones who we've lost to suicide. The candle burns to honour all the vulnerability and mutual care that we bring as we meet to talk about our experiences with suicide, and our solidarity with everyone who feels suicidal too.

A pale blue glass tealight holder with a snowdrop on it, glowing. A purple card text says 'The part of me that feels judged is the part of me that desperately needs to feel seen and loved.' A keyring tag with text 'sometimes you forget you are awesome, this is your reminder.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Not the Void UK has a no fixing ethos, we strive to be a place for people to talk without being flooded with unsolicited advice or well meaning platitudes. That said, members do share general resources on health and advocacy and that's part of our community power. /1

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

We're about to meet, the candle is lit to solidarity with everybody who has suicidal experiences of their own and everybody who has lost time, dreams, their loved ones to suicide. A better world is possible for us all, we're imagining it together.

A translucent blue snowdrop glass candle holder with the glow from a tealight. A card from Kimberly Tsans Heart Align deck says 'I allow myself to take up space and fully exist as I am.' A notebook of starry galaxies in blue snd purple is the backdrop.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Our next meeting is Sunday 8th March, our US friends will be in daylight savings time, we meet at 3pm GMT. We'll be gathering to have a conpassionate, non clinical, confidential conversation about suicide. You can join via www.notthevoid.uk

Image designed by Domo Illustrator.

A man sits at a computer, he has a mug by him and he looks comfortable. The computer has a soft glow coming from it.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Our facilitator team is looking forward to this event and what we can learn from it. AI comes up in conversation and often in relation to a lack of relational care and community in people's lives but also around wanting to understand ones own experiences.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The Saturday night before a Sunday NTV meeting, I take a minute to think of everyone registered for our meeting, everybody who has ever joined an NTV meeting and I feel grateful that even in our most hopeless, weary, confusing moments, we find ways towards each other.

'The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light. Gentle work. Steadfast work. Life-saving work in those moments when life and shame and sorrow occlude our own light from our view, but there is still a clear-eyed loving person to beam it back. In our best moments, we are that person for another.'

James Baldwin (August 2, 1924–December 1, 1987) from Nothing Personal (public library) — his 1964 collaboration with the photographer Richard Avedon,

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Our Sunday meeting is starting soon so the candle of remembrance is lit for everybody and everything we've lost to suicide, and to the bright spark of hope, stubbornness and spite that we draw on to survive. You are not a burden. You are not alone.

A beautiful handmade bowl from Wavering Pines with a pink card and a holo heart that says you are not a burden. Shells and rocks by a navy blue beeswax candle, behind a print of Wendy Copes poem the orange, text reads 'I love you, I am glad I exist.'

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Our next meeting is on Sunday the 8th Feb at 3pm GMT. We provide a compassionate, non clinical, confidential space to share your own experiences of suicide in a group of peers who listen, understand and respect your unique perspective. If you're feeling desperate, don't carry that alone.

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

"Suicidality is a deadly condition and we take it on with honesty, heart, and a little existentialism." From John Moe & Clancy Martin, philosophy professor, fiction writer, and author of the memoir How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind.' maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Our remembrance candles are lit for everybody and everything we've lost to #suicide and in solidarity with everyone suffering in a world that's hard to live in. Today, I am honouring Nicole's memory and everyone in occupied states right now. ♡

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

This Sunday, Heather and Inge are holding space for people to speak about their own experiences of suicide; how you feel, what's making life unlivable, what meaning (or not) you make of it. We'll offer you compassionate, respectful support at your comfort level. /1

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

You can get in touch to register for a meeting via our website here, a co facilitator will be in touch with the link and more details. We don't do intake assessing and we don't need to ask about the details or level of suicidal you feel: it all counts to us. www.notthevoid.uk

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A place to talk freely about suicide

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Our new dates for Not the Void are now available, Sunday meetings at 3pm GMT are: 25th Jan 8th Feb 22nd Feb 8th March 22nd March 5th April (Easter Sunday) 19th April 3rd May 17th May

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Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Our new dates for Not the Void are now available, Sunday meetings at 3pm GMT are: 25th Jan 8th Feb 22nd Feb 8th March 22nd March 5th April (Easter Sunday) 19th April 3rd May 17th May

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