‘‘The UKs Biggest Suicide Prevention Initiative’’

On 17th September 2025, I will be a Baton Bearer walking the streets of Norwich to raise awareness for suicide prevention and to spread hope as someone bereaved by suicide.

The Baton of Hope are part of a growing movement aspiring to a zero-suicide society and will simply not tolerate the level of suicides currently recorded within the UK, when most suicides are preventable and suicide is the leading preventable death.

The vision is of a society where suicide and suicide prevention are openly and widely discussed, where we inspire hope through action, where people are suitably supported, and where everyone plays their part in realising this vision.

The national event will see the Baton — the world’s first physical icon of mental wellbeing — carried across the UK, and Norwich was one of the successful bidders chosen to host a one-day leg of the tour.