News and updates from Grassroots Suicide Prevention
Grassroots Suicide Prevention has partnered with 2XU, the Brighton Marathon 2022 Weekend Sports Apparel partner. As an organisation, 2XU want to create a fitter and healthier world both physically and mentally. This year, they are helping to raise awareness and funds for Grassroots Suicide Prevention.
Best-selling author, Matt Haig, will be donating over £7,000 of the proceeds of his latest book, The Comfort Book to Grassroots Suicide Prevention.
With the Brighton Marathon round the corner, we caught up with four of our incredible Grassroots Runners: Nina, Steven, Lucy, and John. They spoke to us about the ups and downs of training for a marathon, whether there have been any surprises along the way and how they’re feeling about the big day.
At Grassroots, we’re delighted to announce Rachael Swann as our new CEO.
In September, our friend and supporter Natty will be cycling solo from Brighton 2000 miles around the UK. Find out about his challenge and what it means to him.
This current week has been National Carers Week. We took this chance to get in touch with Brighton organisation Sibling Link – find out more about what they do here.
We’ve been extended free health cover by Engage Charity Health Fund. Funded by employee benefits specialist, Engage Health Group, the fund is designed to provide employees of small charities with free dental and optical care, physiotherapy, massage, virtual GP, CBT and counselling services.
Earlier this year Grassroots teamed up with accomplished director Martin Percy to make a film about suicide prevention. The film presents an unfolding conversation between two flatmates, Chris and Jason.
Perhaps now more than ever, communities like yours should feel able to recognise and support those thinking of suicide. That’s where we come in.
Last week, Discount Sticker Printing, a custom sticker and label printing company, offered to print us thousands of stickers and a banner.
Our lives have been temporarily turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic. We are all taking unprecedented measures to protect our physical health and that of the wider public. It’s important that we follow the measures that have been put in place.
Grassroots Suicide Prevention based in Brighton is celebrating today (14th January 2020) after being awarded £400,764 in National Lottery funding to transform its digital capabilities.
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