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People across Leeds are being encouraged to come out and show their support as the Baton of Hope tour passes through the city on World Suicide Prevention Day next week. The countdown is on for the Leeds leg of the tour on Wednesday (10 September 2025), in what is set
Stars from TV and sport in Leeds have given their celebrity backing to a campaign calling for more people across the city to sign up as ‘Suicide Prevention Champions’. Actors from the cast of Leeds-based ITV soap Emmerdale appear in a new film alongside Leeds United player Brenden Aaronson and
Beeston-based mental health charity Touchstone has organised a walk and talk in Cross Flatts Park on Tuesday (10 September 2024) to mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2024. The theme for this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day is “Changing the Narrative”. 1 in 5 of us will have thoughts about suicide
Leeds City Council has joined forces with the Rhinos Foundation as part of a campaign to encourage people to check-in with their mates and help normalise conversations around mental health and suicide, particularly among men. The two organisations are promoting the West Yorkshire ‘Check in With Your Mate’ campaign across
Trigger warning: this article discusses suicide An innovative garden which explores mental health in construction has been awarded Best Show Garden at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park. The award-winning garden received the finishing touches of poignant wooden hearts decorated by Leeds College of Building Painting & Decorating apprentices. As
Ex-professional sportsmen have helped hundreds of employees across West Yorkshire talk about mental health and suicide through awareness-raising sessions funded by the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership. The charity State of Mind Sport has just completed a two-year contract, commissioned by West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership’s (WY HCP)
Trigger warning: this article discusses suicide In the fifth article of our series on male suicide Shannon Humphrey offers some prevention advice There are few of us who haven’t been touched by the untimely death of a male friend, family member or workmate to suicide. Suicide is the biggest cause
Trigger warning: this article discusses suicide In the fourth of our series on male suicide, we spoke to Liam, one of the facilitators at ANDYSMANCLUB. Talking about your problems, or how you are feeling, can be very difficult for men who have been brought up with the message ‘boys don’t
Trigger warning: this article discusses suicide In the third of our series on male suicide, we spoke to two women from South Leeds. One who’s partner took his life and a mother who’s son has suicidal thoughts. “It was the end of his pain, but just the start of
In the second article of our series on male suicide we look at the statutory services’ response Suicide is a devastating event, that has wide implications for the families, friends, and all associated with the victim. Whether it be male or female, young or old, for those left behind there