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Combating mental health issues and preventing suicides

Legend-on-the-Bench is a non-profit making charity set up by ex-professional footballer, Micky Hazard, and his sister Michelle following the tragic death of Michelle's son Jason Lee Mead, with the aim of reducing the number of such tragedies recorded each year due to mental health issues or suicides.

 

To do this we aspire to place informative benches in every local park in the UK. These benches will have contact telephone numbers and QR codes that will take anyone requiring support directly to this website’s help page. The benches have built-in integral lighting so they are a beam of light for those in crisis at night.

 

There are 24 hour support services with real people at the other end, ready to listen and offer the support so clearly needed to someone struggling with the impact of depression, bereavement, loneliness, anxiety and the many more reasons for the feelings of despair. 

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Suicide benches for 24/7 crisis support

Every bench displays quick access to information at any time of the day or night for anyone experiencing mental health issues. Our mission is to install suicide benches in every local park or open space in the UK.

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Suicides in England and Wales

6,069

suicides registered in England and Wales in 2023; this is the highest rate seen since 1999.

17.4

male deaths per 100,000 in 2023; this is the highest suicide rate for males since 1999.

50-54

the age range with the highest suicide rate in 2023, at 16.3 deaths per 100,000.

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