I am fundraising for James' Place by doing the Oysterman Triathlon on August 6th in Whitstable. James' Place provides a free, proven suicide prevention intervention to men in suicidal crisis.

About James’ Place:

Our mission is to stop men dying by suicide.

We believe death by suicide is preventable. Yet, in the UK in 2018, 6,507 people died by suicide of which three-quarters were men. Suicide is still the single leading cause of death of men under 50.

At James’ Place, we want to make sure that help is available for every man facing a suicidal crisis and support them to find hope for the future.

We work with health partners to deliver a service to men whose needs have not been met by traditional services.

James’ Place Story:

James’ Place exists to save the lives of men in suicidal crisis. The charity was set up by Clare Milford Haven and Nick Wentworth-Stanley in 2008 after their twenty-one-year-old son, James, died by suicide ten days after a minor operation. James had no history of mental illness or depression and had sought urgent help for anxiety and suicidal thoughts, but didn’t find it. 

James' Place makes the experience of finding help as easy as possible. It offers men who are experiencing a suicidal crisis a brief, intensive, therapeutic intervention in a safe environment. Men who walk through the door at James’ Place will be in a space where they feel valued and respected.

The first James’ Place opened in June 2018 in Liverpool, the first of its kind in the UK. Our second James’ Place centre opened in London in 2022, and we will open three new centres in the UK over the next three years. We have to date supported more than 800 men experiencing suicidal crisis, delivering over 2,000 therapy sessions using an innovative and safe therapeutic intervention.