300 children at risk of suicide call Childline

Eleven calls made by suicidal children to the ISPCC’s Childline service resulted in immediate referrals to the emergency services last year, with the organisation saying it saw an increase in 2014 in the number of contacts from young people mentioning suicide.

The ISPCC’s Childline Report shows it answered a total of 462,505 calls last year, of which 264,819 were deemed to be of ‘Level 3’ standard — long, two-way calls in which the young person was experiencing a serious difficulty.

Within those figures, approximately 1,000 calls involved mention of suicide, and 300 of those were acute, serious contacts in which a potential risk to the young person was identified.