R;pple featured in the BBC article "Family remembers son's kind legacy after his death":
Another organisation raising awareness and signposting support is R;pple Suicide Prevention.
It was founded by Alice Hendy who lost her only sibling, 21-year-old brother Josh, to suicide in 2020.
The organisation aims to get to individuals before they reach harmful content when searching for mental health support online.
She said worldwide there are 1.2m internet searches for how to end your own life each month.
With the NHS "under-resourced, struggling" and with waiting lists for mental health support services "astronomical", Ms Hendy said charities like R;pple are "in demand more than ever".
She said as well as financial pressure, anxiety about world events and people finding things difficult, underpinning it all there is still a stigma surrounding the topic of mental health and suicide.
Her advice to anyone struggling would be to talk to those around you about how you’re feeling, and open up a dialogue.
"There is always hope. However bad things are, however bad things might seem, there is always hope and things will get better," she added.
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