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Publication Date:- 2025-08-29

News reports located on this page = 2. SACHA event was held within Southport's Wayfarers Arcade ON Saturday, 30 August 2025, the Southport African Caribbean Heritage Association (SACHA) held and event within the Wayfarers Arcade, in Southport. The event was celebrating African and Caribbean, with stalls selling:- arts, crafts, food, and giving advice. These are a few photos we snapped at the event, that ran at the same time as the Southport Air Show.  If you attended what are your thoughts about the event? Email our Newsroom at:- News24@SouthportReporter.Com or send us a message on:- Mastodon, Facebook, or Twitter. Please do let us know as we love to hear your views...   Free virtual suicide awareness training for all on World Suicide Prevention Day THE Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA) is marking:- 'World Suicide Prevention Day' on:- 10 September 2025, by offering everyone the chance to attend free suicide awareness virtual training sessions. To ensure the training is accessible to as many people as possible, the:- 'train a thon' features 3 flexible 90 minute sessions held at different times throughout the day—morning, afternoon, and evening. It will include important suicide awareness training, insights from those with lived experience, a live Q&A with an expert panel, links to further support and services and a certificate of attendance. The training is based on the ZSA's free online suicide awareness training, which has been taken over 2.8million times, and Dr Claire Iveson, Director of the ZSA said:- "In the UK, more than 6,000 people die by suicide every year. We believe 1 life lost is 1 too many. We all have a role we can play in supporting suicide awareness and prevention whether that's through direct conversations or recognising and challenging stigma. If you're new to suicide prevention or seeking a meaningful refresher, these training sessions aim to raise awareness of suicide, offer practical tools, lived experience insights, and guidance on suicide warning signs and offering support to someone who may be struggling." The expert panel during the train a thon includes:- Alison Furlong, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Alfie's Squad, an organisation committed to helping children bereaved by suicide, Neil Boardman, Suicide Prevention Programme Manager at the Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Collaborative and Dr Claire Iveson, Clinical Psychologist, at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Director of the ZSA. Since forming in 2017, the ZSA has developed 9 different types of free online training. These include veteran suicide awareness training, suicide awareness training for taxi and private hire drivers, social isolation and loneliness training and suicide awareness training in Welsh. Find out how to register your place for 1 of the online sessions at:- ZeroSuicideAlliance.Com.             Back Cover MNext      This Edition's Main Sponsor:- Holistic Realignment     Please support local businesses like:- Our live webcams... An Image from our Southport Webcam above. To see it live, please click on image. An Image from our Southport Webcam above. To see it live, please click on image.   Please support local businesses like:- Please support local businesses like:-    RSS Our Weekly Headlines Trustpilot   This is the current phase of the moon. For more lunar related information, please click on here.   This online newspaper and information service is regulated by IMPRESS the independent monitor for the UK's press. This is our process:- Complaints Policy - Complaints Procedure - Whistle Blowing Policy Contact us:- (+44)  08443244195 Calls will cost 7p per minute, plus your telephone company's access charge. Calls to this number may be recorded for security, broadcast, training and record keeping.       Our website network   Liverpool Reporter   Mersey Reporter   Formby Reporter Our News Room Office Address Southport and Mersey Reporter, 4a Post Office Ave, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 0US, UK     Tracking & Cookie Usage Policy - Terms & Conditions       - Southport Reporter® is the Registered Trade Mark of Patrick Trollope.