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Euston has come to a stand still because of a person who has died today. So many people saying so many stupid things. You might be late, as I will, but at least you’re going home 💔
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Who put the waxwork
#Trump
outside the London Embassy?!
#absolutegenius
#ICancelledMyTripToLondon
#itwasntobama
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Delighted to be working with
@KensingtonRoyal
@OscarKiloUK
@sianwilliams100
today at Emergency Responders Mental Health Symposium today.
#EmergencyResponderMentalHealth
#BlueLight
#MentalHealth
#Manchester
#OscarKilo
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Thank you to everyone who’s been kind & loving & made me laugh over the last few days. You probably didn’t even realise that today it’s 15 years since Mark took his life and I’m grateful to you for just being lovely and supportive without even knowing it ❤️
#suicidebereavement
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So, the secret is out. Well done to everyone who worked hard for the appointment of the Minister for
#SuicidePrevention
. I’m sure I’m not alone in saying I’ll be watching the progress made
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It is with immeasurable sadness that we have to let you know that our wonderful and much loved Dad Michael Samata died yesterday. He slipped away peacefully at home with his beloved wife Lily by his side. He was courageous until the end 💔
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@AvantiWestCoast
…and to the guy who just made a young member of
@AvantiWestCoast
staff bereaved by suicide leave her post because she was so upset…may you never experience what we have. You never know what someone else has experienced! Maybe you wouldn’t care if you did 🤬
#SuicideAwareness
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NEWS:Our
@BAFTA
nominated film Life After Suicide will be shown again on
@BBCOne
at 00:30 22nd May ❤️
@fergusobrienuk
@Leoburley
@JohannPerry
@MaytreeSavingLi
@SOBScharity
@winstonswish
#LifeAfterSuicide
#documentary
#suicideprevention
#suicidebereavement
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THANK YOU to whoever put my name up on St George’s Hall while the incredible Alexandra Burke
@alexandramusic
sang I’m Every Woman ❤️
#Sisterhood
#Overwhelmed
#BigEurovisionWelcome
#Eurovision
#Eurovision2023
#TheBigEurovisionWelcome
#Liverpool
#Ukraine
💙💛
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📣 Delighted to share the news that I’ve been commissioned by
@emmawadey
@NHSEngland
to write alongside the brilliant
@JE_Boland
with all things visual by
@jonsalmon
@ByteEntertainMe
‘Opening Doors: A Guide To Suicide Prevention’ 💙
#SuicidePrevention
#NHS
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When you open your bag in a hotel the night before speaking at a conference only to realise you’ve packed your child’s school trousers instead of your own 😂😂😂
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Took me a good 24 hours to decide if I should accept this invitation or not,but I’m not sure how often those of us with lived experience have the opportunity to have the conversations that need to be had. Wish me luck!
#WorldMentalHealthDay2018
#SuicidePrevention
#useyourvoice
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Delighted and completely terrified to have been invited to deliver a TEDx Talk at
@TEDxManchester
🔴
#TedTalk
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After
@BBC
’s Life After Suicide, we know the difference 58 minutes of TV can make to a national conversation. Please watch this👇🏼either tomorrow: Wed 22nd August 9pm on
@BBCTwo
or on
@BBCiPlayer
at a time that suits you ❤️
#SuicidePrevention
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Absolutely delighted to announce that I’ll be receiving an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University this summer via
@LJMU
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The
@AvantiWestCoast
staff are being amazing! Dreadful, dreadful people being so selfish and abusive. I hope this never happens to them. I really do.
#Suicide
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As part of
#MHAW17
our film
#LifeAfterSuicide
will be shown again on
@BBCOne
at 11:45pm Tue 16th May
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Hope everyone’s ok? This is such a tricky time of year for all kinds of different reason isn’t it? Definitely brings out the best and the worst in people as well. I’m sending much love and very best wishes your way X
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POTENTIAL FUNDING: I’ve been approached by a potential funder who’s interested in arts in all forms and older people projects in Liverpool and Wirral. Let me know what you’re doing and what’s out there. Please do RT!
#artsprojects
#liverpool
#wirral
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I’ll be on the
@BBCBreakfast
red sofa just after 8am tomorrow. So looking forward to chatting
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
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What a beautiful thing to wake up to. Thank you
@lemnsissay
❤️
#lemnlights
1/3
#lemnlights
is a daily post to someone I know, someone I respect & admire, someone who makes a difference outside their field of work, by doing more, by saying more, by their actions and words. Today I present Arts Professional and mental health expert Angela Samata.
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Just heard another story of a person with
#LivedExperience
being asked to speak at a conference for free. If you think we are valuable enough to be given a platform, please give the deserved respect and sort your speakers fee first before you make the call FFS 🤦🏻
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Ahead of
#WSPD
I’ve been thinking about when I was first bereaved, suicide prevention & supporting those bereaved by suicide were never talked about in the same breath. Thankfully that has now changed. Thank you to everyone who made that change happen! 💛
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Lovely news! Passed my first essay of my Psychotherapy Masters
@LJMUCounsPsyPr
! To anyone who’s a mature student you know what a psychological lift that is! Ready for the next semester now 😃
#PostGrad
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Back to school for me today starting my Psychotherapy Masters.Thanks to everyone who has encouraged me to take the big step and hello to the brilliant people on my course.Think I’m going to love it! 💙
@LJMUCounsPsyPr
@LJMU
@LJMU_Health
@LJMUPsychology
#MACounsellingPsychotherapy
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but today reminded me that for so many of us bereaved by
#suicide
those feelings are never very far away even after time passes and we do and say all the right things. If this has happened to you I just wanted you to know that it happens to me too ❤️ 4/4
#SuicideBereavement
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Today I had the honour of starting
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
by welcoming back those who took part & supported each other on the
@MoveMENt_WA
#DarknessIntoLightWalk
These are the words I welcomed them home with written as my contribution to
#BookofHope
#HopeThroughAction
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In full flow on the red dot 🔴 Thank you to every woman who made it possible for me to stand on a stage and use my voice
#internationalwomensday
Thank you
@TEDxManchester
#TEDxManchester
#TEDxTalk
#TEDTALK
#IWD2023
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👋🏼 I’ll be on
@SkyNews
tomorrow at 11:45am talking about
#LifeAfterSuicide
, loss and using lived experience to help others. We’ll also discuss
#talkingsuicide
and our
@Zer0Suicide
#SeeSaySignpost
training
#talkingsuicide
#Talk2Me
#WSPD2018
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THREAD My Comment piece is out today in
@TheLancetPsych
Many of us caring for children bereaved by
#suicide
often ask about the link between parental & child suicidal behaviour. My piece accompanies research exploring transgenerational transmission 1/5
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Who said young people are trouble?! Tonight a 15 year old boy accidentally crash his bike into our parked car and broke the back lights. How did we find out? He knocked on the door and told us. How kind and honest is that! 😁
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Such a gorgeous morning at
@BBCBreakfast
@sallynugent
@jonkay01
and
@bbc5live
@NickyAACampbell
Thank you everyone at both programmes for all your brilliance and care! Sometimes lovely people are waiting for you in the Green Room at 6am too! Hello
@markking
#Level42
💛
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Happy 19th Birthday Benjamin ❤️ I remember looking at you like this the morning you were born. I still feel the same.
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My thoughts on the
#CoronationStreet
#suicide
storyline in tonight’s
@LivEchonews
Thanks for a great interview
@JanetTansley
Just wondering if there’s a link to the interview on line?
#suicideprevention
#suicidebereavement
@SOBScharity
@ChasingStigma
@Mersey_Care
@Zer0Suicide
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Sending all our support and admiration to
@3dadswalking
today for their hard won
#Parliamentary
debate today
@SBUK11
@SJMcDonn
The debate will take place in Westminster Hall at 4:30pm and will be available to view on Parliament TV and on YouTube
#SuicidePrevention
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My Dad is Greek Cypriot and my Mum is half Italian. This lockdown has very quickly become about our family making food and dropping it at the end of each other’s path or even collecting from the garden wall and I really like it 😅
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I do dry January ever year. In fact I do dry day every day because I don’t drink. Maybe I should do undry January. Can you imagine 😂
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When I worked in PR I was always told never become the story. If you do it’s time to go.
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So, this is happening tomorrow 😁 Can’t wait to welcome The Duke to
@JamesPlaceUK
alongside
@JE_Boland
and everyone else who’s hard work has brought the first ever James’ Place to Liverpool. ❤️
The Duke of Cambridge will visit Liverpool on 19th June, where he will attend the International Business Festival
@TheBusinessFest
.
HRH will then officially open
@JamesPlaceUK
, a new centre for men experiencing suicidal crisis in Liverpool.
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Really good meeting of the Suicide and Self Harm All Party Parliamentary Group today. Always good when the
@3dadswalking
are literally in the House
@HouseofCommons
#SuicidePrevention
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My heart is bursting with pride for
@SJMcDonn
and everyone who has made this report happen ❤️
#collectivevoice
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Absolutely tragic news. Thoughts are with her friends and family Caroline Flack: TV presenter dies at 40
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Here in London to support the
@Hollyoaks
#DontFilterFeelings
campaign. I think I first became aware of it after advising on the
@MindCharity
award winning storyline focused on
@ross_adams
character Scott’s suicide attempt. Feels good to support this 😁
#healthandwellbeing
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So many people are now going to feel enormous pressure to provide at Christmas when they’re already struggling to manage. If we’ve learnt anything from
#lockdown
please let it be that love & kindness are enough and just spending time together is a wonderful gift ❤️
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So looking forward to this tomorrow
@lemnsissay
@GoldFSF
@BBCOne
- My Life at Christmas with Sally Phillips, Series 1:
#LemnSissay
‘No Care Leaver should feel alone’
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LOVE THIS
@jancarlyle
@TEDxManchester
❤️ That was such a fab day with you
#Fearless
#TEDTalk
#TodayIsTheDay
Looking forward to seeing this Fearless girl today
@angelasamata
on the stage at Bridgewater Hall for
@tedxmcr
#TEDxManchester
#TEDx
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I never really get the chance to talk about the fact that my partner who ended his life was a chef so thanks to
@burnt_chef
for inviting me on to their
#podcast
The work you’re doing to support
#MentalHealth
in hospitality is incredible ❤️
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
@Sacha_Lord
Angela presented the BBC1 BAFTA nominated and winner of the Mind Media Award for Best Factual TV documentary, ‘Life After Suicide’. The film encouraged discussion and exploration of mental health issues, challenging the stigma of suicide.
𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘄! 🎧
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WE WON! Our
#SeeSaySignpost
training is the
#NHS70
Parliamentary Excellence Award in Mental Health Care North winner! Thank you to all who’ve completed our
@Zer0Suicide
@Mersey_Care
@relias
training & to you
@lucianaberger
@64janieb
for nominating 😁
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I've just received the official
#BAFTA
email and invite. Now I can see that it's real but, it's still
#notsinkingin
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Very pleased to announce that I’ll be Chair of the
@tateliverpool
Capital Advisory Group working alongside
@elenheggl
and the team while Tate is in its temporary home at
@RIBANorthWest
before we open new, beautiful spaces.
#CapitalProject
#Tate
#Liverpool
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So, my Sister
@MrsBishton
asked me what birthday cake I wanted and I said I’d love a retro Black Forest Gateau and this is what she made ❤️🍒
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Thanks for the love everyone.
#LifeAfterSuicide
is now available on
@BBC
@iplayer
for 30 days 🥰
#Suicide
#SuicidePrevention
#SuicideBereavement
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As the news that one of our dearest friends ended his life yesterday ripples through, the releaase of this podcast is even more poignant for me today
@CarolineRMckay
❤️
Meet
@Angelasamata
today on the pod! A broadcaster, mental health activist and arts professional, Angela became a widow at 32, after her partner died by suicide. We explore her story, work on suicide prevention and more:
@Hollyoaks
@Zer0Suicide
@CruseCare
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Like many bereaved by
#suicide
I suffered distressing
#flashbacks
for a long time. This treatment is incredible news that I’m sure will make a big difference and have wide applications. Virtual reality PTSD treatment has 'big impact' for veterans
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Just finished watching
#Avicii
: True Stories. You know, we keep telling men to talk and obviously it’s so, so important that they do, but he was talking. I’m just not sure who was listening 😞
#MentalHealth
#SuicideAwareness
@bbciplayer
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Today I’m choosing to remember you can’t change what’s happened but you can choose how you react to it. I’m choosing to park the ball of anger that I have in the pit of my stomach after watching the worst Christmas party video and instead I’m going to buy food for the lemon tree
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Felt wrong to be having a big 50th celebration because my sister, who’s been double vaccinated tested positive for Covid and has been very unwell. So good to speak to her today and to hear that she’s turned a corner! Please be careful out there. This really isn’t over
#covid
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😂 Bit strong from the guy at Apple today. I only ordered the wrong cable 🧙♀️
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Today it really felt like those bereaved by suicide had a voice!So good to see how closely William & Kate listened to our experiences 👍
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Heading to London tomorrow for our Suicide Prevention All Party Parliamentary Group meeting. Looking forward to seeing you again
@3dadswalking
💜
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After making major decisions to resit his first year 6th form and to go back on his ADHD meds, this beautiful boy not only turned 18 but has also made it into upper 6th form 😁 Congratulations Benjamin & thanks to all at
@SJPLearning
See you next year!
#proudmum
#results2018
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Whenever you question if you should use your lived experience,remember that
@JE_Boland
& I used our personal & clinical experience of
#suicide
to write a piece training that has been completed by over 500,000 people
#useyourvoice
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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So incredibly sad 💔 Rest In Peace
#SineadOconnor
Sinéad O'Connor was one of the most fearless and courageous artists of the last 40 years ❤️
📸
@KCMANC
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Already starting hear about Blue Monday, so here’s a reminder that it doesn’t really exist and was actually first used by a PR company to sell holidays
#NoBlueMonday
#everyday
#mentalhealth
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❤️ Just wanted to say a massive thanks to everyone who’s encountered me on here or in real life over the past 6 months. You know that saying ‘Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about’ well, my family, our friends and I have been it 💛🧵
#LongThread
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2 DAYS TO GO…
#TED
Delighted and completely terrified to have been invited to deliver a TEDx Talk at
@TEDxManchester
🔴
#TedTalk
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Gorgeous day raising money for
#BreastCancer
. Wonderful to be surrounded by so many brilliant women. Thanks for the flowers Zara Evans and for the picture
@MrsBishton
💫
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❌ THANK YOU
@TEDxManchester
What an incredible experience being on the red dot 🔴 was. Huge thanks to
@herbkim
and the whole TEDx and
@BridgewaterHall
team. To every single audience member: THANK YOU for being my 12th man. Definitely felt the love. Thank you to
@SOBScharity
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What a privilege it’s been to work with
@Hollyoaks
on their Month Of Listening campaign. Day 1 Rule 1...be prepared
#MentalHealth
#SelfCare
#MonthOfListening
#DontFilterFeelings
❤️
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There’s a woman sitting in a car outside my house because her baby is asleep in the car seat. I remember doing exactly the same and wanting a coffee. Maybe I’ll pass her one in on my way out.
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Apologies to everyone we couldn’t invite to my Father’s funeral. Apparently we could have just ignored the rules and done what we wanted because we thought that was an important event too 🤬
#BorisJohnsonOut
#FUMING
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I've come back home to discover that
#clivethekitten
is definitely a climber
@RSPCA_official
@rspcawirral
#kittensoftwitter
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Almost 1,000 people bereaved by Suicide have used their voices to help shape support service. Please do add yours X
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Getting ready to board my first Bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto to interview photographer and filmmaker Nobuo Onishi. Feel like I should wear something special like I’m boarding the Orient Express.
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Before you read this I AM ABSOLUTELY FINE!!! X But,this morning a set of circumstances happened that took me right back to the day almost 20 years ago when my partner & the father of my children ended his life. It gave me that feeling in the very pit of my stomach,that lurch 1/4
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There are definitely worse places to be drinking coffee and contemplating turning
#50
this morning ❤️
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Why have I never watched the
#Detectorists
before?! I want to be one. Love them all and I want to find a Tufty Club badge too 😁
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A week ago today at
@TEDxManchester
and what a week it’s been! Thank you for all your messages-I’m still replying! ❤️
The 2 big question:
1.I’ll post a link when my
#TEDxTalk
is out
2. My shoes are
@marksandspencer
and they don’t sell them anymore 😅
#TEDTALK
#TEDxManchester
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Our two cats Cleo and Clive still clean each other after it’s been raining like they did when we first brought them home from the
@RSPCA_official
😻
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You know that little voice of nagging doubt that makes you worry about the one person in the room that disapproves of what you do???Well, today I ignored the one and focused on the love and it felt great 🥰
#everytime
#UseYourVoice
#feelthelove
#hatersgonnahate
#takingmyownadvice
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I am often asked about ‘signs’ that someone may be thinking about ending their own life.
This is the best start I’ve seen to an answer.
I know how much hard work it will have taken to make this. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
@NorwichCityFC
@samaritans
#SuicidePrevention
#SuicideAwareness
𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁.
Check in on those around you.
#WorldMentalHealthDay
|
#YouAreNotAlone
|
@samaritans
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Tonight our film 'Life After Suicide' will be shown on
@BBCOne
10:45pm Thanks for the love and support
#InTheMind
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