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.
You're viewing blog posts in the category:
News and updates
News and updates from Grassroots Suicide Prevention
Engage Health Group Offers Grassroots Free Health Cover
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.
Real Talk About Suicide: An Interactive Film
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.
The 2.6 challenge
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.
Discount Sticker Printing are supporting our vital work
Last week, Discount Sticker Printing, a custom sticker and label printing company, offered to print us thousands of stickers and a banner.
Looking after our mental health and staying safe from suicide during the COVID-19 lockdown
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.
National Lottery funding to boost Grassroots Suicide Prevention’s digital capabilities
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.
Linking with Sibling Link
“We set up Sibling Link after both our brothers suffered with mental ill health and realized – once we had opened up to each other, how important it was to talk – especially to someone who understands what how distressing it can be to watch or help a sibling go through this.
About our new website
About the design and development of the new Grassroots Suicide Prevention website.
Australia looks to Grassroots
Hi, my name is Bernie and I’m from Perth, Western Australia. I’m here in Brighton learning from Grassroots as part of an international scholarship.
Watch the Grassroots GSK IMPACT Award Film
On 16 May 2019, Grassroots was proud to receive a GSK IMPACT Award at a ceremony at the Science Museum in London along with 9 other charities.
Grassroots Facilitates Real Talk at the Sea View Project
Last month we delivered a Real Talk suicide prevention workshop at the Sea View Centre in Hastings. We ran the session for 15 community members, enabling them to have open and honest conversations about suicide.