Suggestions - Ripple Suicide Prevention

Introduction

Help to filter missing terms and keep us ahead of new trends and phrases

If you have found any search terms that you feel should trigger the Ripple tool but doesn't, please submit your suggestion for approval below.

Please note, Ripple is a crisis intervention tool and should only appear following a search that is deemed harmful. E.g., Ripple would not be triggered following a search for ‘Mental Health’, but would be triggered following a search for ‘How to end my life’.

Once your suggestion has been reviewed by the Ripple team, we will make a decision to include or omit the term into the Ripple tool to trigger the technology into action.

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“Without this tool, it is quite possible that within a couple of clicks, an incredibly distressed individual, will be able to access content that not only demonstrates means of dying by suicide, but encouragement and detailed instruction of how to do so.”

University of Wolverhampton

Frequently Asked Questions

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I’m worried about a particular patient, how can Ripple help them?

We recommend talking to the patient and their caretakers or family about the Ripple tool.

Ripple does not provide mental health support, but our Tool deploys messages of hope before attempting to redirect harmful searches towards resources that can provide that support to the people making those searches.

By downloading the Ripple tool, caretakers and family members might be able to help their dependents in a time of crisis from attempting harm.

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Why was Ripple created?

Alice Hendy lost her only sibling, her brother Josh, on 25th November 2020 to suicide at 21 years old.

Josh had been researching techniques to take his own life via harmful internet searches. The content available online following a search of this nature currently provides mental health support in one format; a helpline.

To ensure more help and support is given to individuals searching for harmful content online, Alice set up Ripple Suicide Prevention. Ripple provides an immediate, vibrant display on a user’s device once they have been flagged as searching for online content relating to self-harm or suicide.

Ripple consists of a powerful message of hope as well as providing a selection of mental health support resources in a range of different communicative options (call, text, webchat) from established mental health charities.

We provide people with a voice, choice, empowerment and control at a time when they are most vulnerable.

What's the significance of the semicolon in the name Ripple?

Ripple is called Ripple because on average, 135 people are directly impacted each time someone takes their own life – there is a real ripple effect.

The semi-colon forms the ‘I’ in Ripple to mark the internationally recognised symbol of surviving suicide. In a sentence, a semi-colon indicated that the sentence isn’t over. In this context, we are saying that your story isn’t over. Keep going.

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Target Audience and Beneficiaries

Ripple is a universal tool designed to resonate with as many people as possible. Ripple supports individuals of all ages, genders, ethnicities, sexualities and disabilities by providing an interception when an individual searches for harmful content relating to self-harm or suicide online and instead encourages them to seek mental health support from a range of different charities and services in a way which suits them (helpline, text service, webchat, self-help app, pocket resources).

Mission, Vision and Objectives

What is Ripple’s mission statement?

Our mission is to intercept harmful content relating to self-harm and suicide through innovative technology which redirects users to mental health support if they are struggling to cope or in need immediate help.

What is Ripple’s vision statement?

Our vision is to ensure all users searching for harmful content online are presented with an opportunity of hope that things can and will get better.

What does Ripple do?

The purpose for which Ripple has been established is to reduce the number of people who are viewing harmful online content relating to self-harm and suicide and increase the number of people who are utilising the plethora of mental health resources available to them.

What are Ripple’s objectives?

Reduce the number of individuals who self-harm or go onto end their own life
Maximise the number of educational sector organisations, businesses, and parents who pro-actively install Ripple
To expand Ripple to be compatible with mobile and tablet devices
To expand Ripple globally by creating country specific versions of Ripple
Maximise the number of people who utilise free, 24/7 mental health support services
To hold tech giants and social media companies to account for hosting harmful online content
Maximise the engagement of Ripple on Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn)
Raise awareness of mental health support services
Reduce stigma surrounding the topic of mental health

Is Ripple an app?

Ripple is not an app. At present, Ripple is available to download as a Browser Extension (on desktop and laptop computers only) or deploy via Network integration.

Learn more about how to deploy Ripple within our FAQ section heading 'How to Install Ripple'

Charity Information

Charity Name: Ripple Suicide Prevention Charity

Registered Charity Number: 1194331