Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We are meeting today at 3pm on zoom, if you would like a place to spend time thinking about your suicidal thoughts, feelings and experiences with peers, you are welcome to join us. We are a harm reduction group focused on compassionate, non pathologising, confidential peer support. /1 110
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Not 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. /1 154
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Our 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. 022
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Not 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. 021
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Not 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. /1 121
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Not 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. 021
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Our 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. 122
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Our 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. 021
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Not 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 /1 111
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Our 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 111
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026This 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. /1 110
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 24/05/2026On 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! 171
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 16/05/2026We'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. 111
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Maybe you are none of these, Maybe you are all of above and more, Maybe you feel like a hopeless case Of that, life has made you sure. Whatever your situation is, unique as it may be Not the Void people are here to be with you, while you're in pain, no judgment, no fixing, no toxic positivity. 100
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Maybe there's a secret that you're carrying all alone Maybe nothing makes sense and it scares you that everything is this undefined Maybe you are trying really hard to live the best you can Maybe you're keeping one eye on the exit door of your life. /3 110
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Maybe you are the quiet one who no one suspects is in such pain Maybe you were waving, drowning, but no one threw a lifeline. Maybe you are angry, maybe in death you want revenge Maybe you're weary of the injustice, of keeping up the fight. /2 100
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Maybe 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. /1 121
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Our group meeting agreement and other resources can be found on our website at www.notthevoid.uk 000
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026It'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. /1 111
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Not 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. /1 100
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Our 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 000
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 22/03/2026We 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. 161
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 08/03/2026We'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. 061
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Our 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 143
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 21/02/2026The 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. 021
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Our 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. 050
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Our 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. 174
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Our 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. ♡ 173
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 19/01/2026This 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. /1 154
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Our 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 165
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Not the Void UK spent 45 hours in 2025 talking about all the unique and common experiences of suicide we share. We held over 30+ meetings. 6 facilitators from 4 different countries gave their time to hold space. Over a 100 people reached out to join us for a meeting this year #suicide 132
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Or that honouring a persons pain means never looking to solutions, only listening. Being in a chosen healing community together means we can share what works (and vent about doesn't) without pushing anybody toward moving through their pain already. 110
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 18/12/2025It's our members zoom social tonight. We've been talking about what helps us to go on living over Xmas and New Year, so tonight we might make a collective list of strategies. We'll start with the words that we'd use to describe our pain and overwhelm. 141
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Yesterday was Not the Voids penultimate meeting of 2025, we meet again at 3pm on Sunday the 28th December. We'll have survived a whole year. The candle was lit for everyone we lost to suicide and everything we've lost to deep dark places that feel unlivable. 122
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Sunday 14th, 3pm GMT, Not the Void UK will be meeting to share peer support around suicidal experiences. We offer a confidential, non clinical, compassionate space where you can speak your truth, at your pace, with people who will listen to understand. /1 111
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 30/11/2025As I'm setting up my laptop for todays meeting, I spot this parody 'MHBWT' box made my a dear mad friend who is fighting the system to make changes. It sits on a shelf and reminds me of everyone who has been dismissed or fobbed off when they reached out in a suicidal crisis. /1 151
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 26/10/2025We provide a space where people with lived/living experience of suicide can meet and speak freely about suicide. We offer responses to experiences of suicide that are validating, meaningful, connecting and supportive. Our next meeting is on the 2nd Nov 3pm: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 152
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 19/10/2025The candles are lit for everybody we've lost to suicide and everything we lost to suicide and the way it still carries such stigma. My thoughts are with everyone impacted by the #LampardInquiry this week. 040
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Having access to these guides has not just been a resource, they have been a stepping stone to talking about the way poverty, work precarity, housing issues and dealing with the DWP makes us feel suicidal. That has helped to collectively connect to anger, resistance and action. 130
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 21/09/2025It's our first meeting back this Autumn and as always, I've lit the candle in remembrance of everybody we've lost to suicide and every bit of our lives that we've lost to feeling suicidal and being isolated by shame, stigma and oppression. 041
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 08/09/2025At Not the Void, we don't risk assess each other. No one is put in the spot to speak. We don't grade suicidal experiences by severity or 'sincerity'. Our group space allows us to get curious about suicide and our relationship to it: /1 132
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 07/09/2025If you are surviving, but only just, we're here. If you are running out of motivation to go on, we're here. If you need a confidential, non clinical, non judgmental community of people who are living with suicidal experiences, we are here; ready to share compassion and dark humour and solidarity. 181
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Here at Not the Void UK, we've tried to provide more than a space to talk. Often people want to share resources, find training, get help with benefit stress and offer their own expertise. Members will attend other workshops or meetings together. 131
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025#suicidepreventionawarenessmonth It's September, World Suicide Prevention Day will be upon us soon (Sept 10th.) Here is a bit about us, our differing approach and ethics. 052
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Update: Not the Void UK continues to be on our Summer break, but we hit out midpoint in 4 weeks time, we'll regather for our social. Work continues on the website, which is going to be hosted on Squarespace. Also, Heather finally sorted a spot of supervision out. 131
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Not the Void will have been meeting for an whole year, as of next Sunday. That means we've spent 78 hours together, talking about suicide and 156 hours of emails, workshops, planning, facilitation pre snd de briefs and accessibility conversations. I'm so grateful to everyone who's been part of this. 121
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Setting up for this afternoons second 'Tending to your wise, compassionate self' workshop at 2pm. Facilitators Gerry and Angela will share a technique we've can use support each other as we speak about our pain, aided by drawing and writing. 030
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Leeds! Demo on Saturday 3:30 pm Dortmund Square. Masks are expected for those who can wear them, but anyone who cannot is welcomed (it's not clear on this poster but has been queried and answered.) 011
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Sunday the 6th of April, 3pm, our Nurturing your Compassionate Wise Self workshop. You can register here, we have a few places. This is a blend of the experiential, educational, and our confidential, non fixing approach that honours experiences of iatrogenic harm us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 100
Official page for Not The Void UK @notthevoiduk.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Save the date! Sunday the 2nd March and 6th April 2-4pm, Not the Void is holding a workshop for members (past and present) in The Mind/Body Connection and Somatics. The workshop will host 18 people and you can attend one or both dates. /1 142