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Are you about to retire or have you recently retired? As part of the ‘Retirement & Mental Wellbeing’ project, we’d like to gain a better understanding of what you need to feel good. Share your experiences as a (soon-to-be) retiree in the co-creation sessions or via the online questionnaire. 

Almost three in four people who die by suicide are men. Yet men with suicidal thoughts are less likely to seek help than women. With the new awareness campaign "Kom uit je kop" (“Get out of your head”), we want to break this taboo. 

Why do men with suicidal thoughts seek help less often and drop out of support sooner? And how can you, as a health professional, address gender-related barriers?

With the new e-learning module ‘Suicide Prevention for Men’, we offer practical guidance on how to better adapt support to men. You can find our new module on our free e-learning platform SP-reflex.

SParcours is a set of cards that supports health professionals in discussing and exploring suicidality in children and adolescents (aged 10 and above).

VLESP developed the app Spark in collaboration with adolescents and health professionals. Spark is a free app that offers adolescents (aged 12-17) guidance and support when they are experiencing suicidal thoughts. 

Discover the toolbox 'suicide prevention in the workplace' during our lunch webinar on May 19th (in Dutch).

In 2026, VLESP is planning a two-day training course for health professionals to enable them to provide group training to people with suicidal thoughts: the Future-Oriented Training.

Discover our latest insights, tools, and campaigns on suicide prevention in children, adolescents and men.

In collaboration with IDEWE, VLESP developed a toolbox to support organisations that wish to embed suicide prevention into their policies.