The Grassroots Runners are an amazing group of fundraisers who play a vital role in protecting our communities from suicide. Their fundraising breaks stigma, empowers communities and helps people get the support they need.
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What it’s like to be a Grassroots Runner – Spotlight on Jo Phillimore and friends
The Grassroots Runners are an amazing group of fundraisers who play a vital role in protecting our communities from suicide. Their fundraising breaks stigma, empowers communities and helps people get the support they need.
National Carers Week 2020 – Sibling Link UK
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.
Looking forward to reconnecting with community when we’re out of lockdown
Hi I’m Jo I manage the Gig Buddies for good mental health project in Sussex.
World Suicide Prevention Day 2019
This year the theme for World Suicide Prevention Day was “Working Together”, reminding us we can all make a difference in our communities.
Recent Fundraising for Suicide Prevention
We are always super grateful to all of our fundraisers because they enable us to do the work we do and are a great way of spreading awareness for suicide prevention.
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.
Kate’s ChangeMaker Story
For me, a turning point was when I realised that the secret that I had held so buried and precious for so long, had slowly reached the place where I now both wanted and needed to acknowledge and talk about it.
Episode 1: Grassroots Gig Round-Up
Music, singing, laughter and magic – not words you would usually associate with ‘suicide prevention’ but this is exactly what we had for the first episode of our Grassroots bi-monthly Gig, which took place in Brighton on March 6th 2019.
Who is Real Talk for?
Who is Real Talk for? All kinds of people and from all sorts of backgrounds. Everyone is welcome.
World Suicide Prevention Day 2018
This year the theme for World Suicide Prevention Day was “Working Together to Prevent Suicide.” We all have a role to play and together we can collectively address the challenges presented by suicidal behaviour in society.
World Suicide Prevention Day 2016
The theme for this year was “Connect, Communicate & Care”. We had a stall at Brighton Station, a community safeTALK suicide prevention course, resource marketplace, and influential guest speakers.