The Government has chosen to waste another opportunity to save lives today. Local suicide prevention funding hasn’t been renewed like we hoped it would, meaning funding that so many communities in England depend on will completely run out at the end of this month #Budget2024🧵
It means communities are left with less support at a time when suicide rates are as high as they were over 20 years ago. The Government published a suicide prevention strategy in September - but without funding at both a national and local level, it won’t reach its targets.
If we make a reduction to suicide in macros, in our communities, the result on National figs. could be huge. We can all make a difference by learning to open up conversations. We need to support at grass roots because we understand our people . @JudeGrinter@SarahFitchett2
'No matter how down you are, there's hope'
Maddie had gone for a walk intending to take her life, but David spotted her in distress and struck up a conversation.
We reunited them on #BBCBreakfast