Battling Suicide Tour

Georgia to NYC

In March 2023 5asideCHESS were invited by Lemuel Laroche, Tedx speaker of ‘The Power of a Single Hour’ (watch it if you haven’t already) and founder of Chess & Community to attend the 10th annual conference in Athens, Georgia. We have been following the journey of Chess & Community for some time and were keen […]

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Bright take a stand on mental health in the hospitality industry by supporting 5asideCHESS

Sponsored by kitchen cleaning company, Bright Hygiene, the 5asideCHESS Battling Suicide Bus made its first visit to the hospitality industry at the Restaurant & Takeaway Innovation Expo at Excel London on November 19th and 20th. It is very clear that the hospitality industry need to take action on their employee’s mental health and well-being. Research

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My journey to change the game of life using 5asideCHESS – Kamwala Primary

The first school on our 5asideCHESS tour was Kamwala Primary. It has a large chess club with over 50 students but when I asked the teacher in charge how many boards they had she surprised me by answering none. They had being using pieces and boards from different games and making their own chess sets!

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