Part one of the report provides background contextual information, covering: suicide trends in Scotland, the cost of suicide, the Scottish Executive policy response and the Choose Life strategy (chapter one); the aims and objectives of the study (chapter two); and the study methodology (chapter three). The main research findings and commentary can be found in part two. Chapter four considers the development of national and local infrastructures to support suicide prevention. Chapter five covers the allocation of Choose Life funding oth nationally and locally and provides a number of different breakdowns on how these resources have been used. Chapter six illustrates innovative practice underway in local areas, providing examples of relevant community, voluntary and self-help activities and describing how funding has been used for innovative ways of working. Chapter seven explores the progress towards, and prospects for, sustainability during phase two of Choose Life (and beyond), at both national and local levels. Chapter eight considers the different stages of decision making for Choose Life and provides an outline and discussion of the learning resources used at each stage. Chapter nine reports on local coordinators’ level of satisfaction with progress towards national milestones and their self-assessment of performance for each of the local milestones.