Glasgow is extra strong Ribena. We only spent one day there but met a concentration of people from all walks of life. Divya and her little dog harris spent a good amount of the day with us. She turned into a 5asidechess team member pretty quickly, inviting people to chat, connect and have a cup […]
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Buy Tickets Here The Battling Suicide Tour is coming to an end after two months on the road. The Wrap Night on September 20th will be hosted by the lovely people at Boston Tea Party, Alfred Street, Bath. You’re invited to read the hundreds of memorials on the Battling Suicide Bus, and discuss how we
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We left the Grassmarket in Edinburgh this Thursday. Swapping it for the Tesco car park in Colinton just down the road. Ross and Diane were heading down from Inverness after a week away from the bus. The maintenance guy at Tesco introduced himself as Duncan but had William written on his lanyard. He talked about
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The 5asideCHESS team set out on the Battling Suicide Tour on July 19th, raising awareness of suicide prevention and promoting good mental health. All through building connections and chatting. Starting in Glasgow – Finishing in Bath Close to 6,000 people in the UK take their own lives every year. The actual number of people effected
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Words By: Hope Virgo Follow the Battling Suicide Tour and help us make a difference on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter ! Hope Virgo is the Author of Stand Tall Little Girl and a leading advocate for people with eating disorders. Described by Richard Mitchell, CEO of Sherwood Forest Hospital as “sharing a very powerful story with a huge impact”. Hope helps employers including
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Words By: Diane Waldron Follow the Battling Suicide Tour and help us make a difference on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter ! Yesterday was not an ordinary day. Not by a long shot. Over the last few months I’ve been helping 5asideCHESS put together a Battling Suicide Bus UK tour. I’ve planned, written press releases, listened to Ross and Ryan’s stories
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Follow the Battling Suicide Tour and help us make a difference on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter ! Time chides when you’re living in a slum, and Hannah’s upbringing has been a slow one. She is telling me her story in a city in the middle of England. It’s been hot for weeks. The grass on the side of the roads
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Follow the Battling Suicide Tour and help us make a difference on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter ! Brand new rain falling on old dirty summer follows me on a run through Durham. That fresh smell of earth and gravel and England. After a nine days on the Battling Suicide Tour my brain is cotton wool. We have met so many
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Follow the Battling Suicide Tour and help us make a difference on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter ! After five days on the road there is a recurring theme. People are killing themselves after being failed by the state. I think it’s important to say that it’s not always the fault of the people involved, although
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Follow the Battling Suicide Tour and help us make a difference on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter ! I’m standing in the sun crying. I don’t do this often. It’s not something I regularly take part in. Usually I like to gently smirk in these conditions. “Look,” I smirk. “It’s sunny again in England.” But today
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