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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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 ! She started crying as she walked up to the big white space on the side of our bus. It’s a memorial to the people that have died. “We are asking people to write the names of loved ones
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The first leg of the Battling Suicide Tour is all set up, with the 5asideCHESS team starting their journey in Cambridge on July 19th and ending up in Edinburgh on August 1st. You can contact the team directly today. Click the link. So where are they in between? July 19th: 10am -11am Meadows Community Center Cambridge
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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. And after two weeks are happy to confirm a residency at the: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, at the GrassMarket from August 6th to the 31st Close to
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On Saturday we cracked on with the first ever 5asideCHESS ‘takeover’ of the Urban Food Fest in Shoreditch, London. The idea of ‘Connection’ is already pretty strong at this brilliant event, and next time we want even more people to come along and help us fight loneliness and social isolation. We are also, like, really
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