'The more we talk about suicide at work, the less it becomes stigmatised'

For a series on mental health, Voice spoke to communication and employee engagement specialists and mental health experts to hear their personal stories about suicide and understand what more internal comms teams and managers can do to build a culture where people feel able to talk when they reach crisis point. Here, Caroline Roodhouse, content manager at agency Alive With Ideas, explains how her work environment became a safe space after her husband, Steve, died by suicide in 2018.