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CEO James’ Place, Co-Chair National Suicide Prevention Alliance. Health and public health. Writer
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Natalie Haynes
7 days ago
🗡️ Traitors: Greek Gods Part 1! Can you guess who your favourite will be?
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James' Place
2 months ago
Our Chief Executive
@ellenod.bsky.social
and former client Achal were interviewed by ITV News yesterday for the launch of the Men's Health Strategy. We're proud to have played a part in this. You can catch up on the ITV piece here
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
#suicide
#suicideprevention
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https://www.itv.com/news/2025-11-19/strategy-launched-to-deal-with-physical-and-mental-health-challenges-facing-men
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James' Place
4 months ago
Our Chief Executive Ellen O'Donoghue
@ellenod.bsky.social
contributed to this fantastic free guide from Ripple Suicide Prevention and Zero Suicide Alliance which aims to make talking about suicide easier - at work, in schools, and at home. Download it free at
zurl.co/EllenO
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IPPR North
6 months ago
Young northerners are born into an unacceptable baseline: ➡️ 1M are in poverty ➡️ They wait up to 10x longer for talking therapies ➡️ They receive 10% less school funding & have worse outcomes ➡️ They access smaller green spaces ➡️ They were hit hardest by library closures
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Mums for Lungs
6 months ago
Good luck to the children speaking tonight at this
#Lambeth
council meeting. Children aged 0–9 are three times more likely to die from a collision when hit by an SUV. We need councils to introduce ways to curb the rise of bigger, heavier vehicles.
#Carspreading
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Research shows SUVs three times more likely to kill a child under 10 - Highways News
A group of school children will urge councillors in London to take action to stop ‘carspreading’ as new research shows SUVs are three times more likely to kill a child under the age of 10. A delegatio...
https://highways-news.com/research-shows-suvs-three-times-more-likely-to-kill-a-child-under-10/
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The Mental Elf
7 months ago
Teen drug use today, mental health struggles tomorrow? What the evidence says. A new Danish study (68,000+ teens, followed for 8 years) has a clear message: early substance use isn’t just a phase - it can lead to serious mental health struggles later. 🧵 THREAD
buff.ly/IZmKwDz
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James' Place
7 months ago
Meet one of our therapists at James' Place - Andrew. Andrew has a strong grounding in trauma-informed therapy and a background working across both private practice and specialist mental health services. Read more
www.jamesplace.org.uk/meet-the-the...
#suicide
#suicideprevention
#menshealthweek
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James' Place
7 months ago
We’re delighted to be taking part in the Pride parade in London this year for the first time – hope to see some of you there and Happy Pride!
#suicide
#suicideprevention
#pride
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James' Place
7 months ago
Today marks seven years since we opened the first James' Place in Liverpool. We now have three centres (Liverpool, London & Newcastle) & 21 therapists providing up to 262 sessions of free, life-saving therapy every week to men in suicidal crisis.
jamesplace.org.uk/support
#suicide
#suicideprevention
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Daniel Reynolds
7 months ago
Some highlights from SoS speech at
#NHSConfedExpo
✅ Clearer priorities/fewer targets ✅ A slimmed down Centre ✅ICBs as strategic commissioners of local services ✅ Reinvigorate the FT model ✅ Change the financial rules - focus on outcomes/reform the tariff ✅ More integration between providers
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Kit de Waal
8 months ago
Me in The New Statesman today on poverty. Please share :)
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A cold childhood
My unheated home wasn’t a temporary discomfort. The chill got into my bones.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/child-poverty/2025/05/kit-de-waal-a-cold-childhood
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8 months ago
The Mousa broch is mentioned in Orkneyinga saga when Erlendr abducts the mother of Haraldr Jarl and holes up in the broch, besieged by Haraldr. In Egils saga, Björn and Thora elope from Norway and are shipwrecked on Mousa; they spend the winter together in the broch. Two similar stories?
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9 months ago
As you can see, I’ve been dragging my long-suffering husband around some of the most beautiful places in the world in search of the Vikings! This is St Ninian’s Isle again, looking back towards the Norse Christian ruins, just barely visible on the skyline.
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Save the Children UK
9 months ago
Children constantly tell us about the shame and stigma they experience due to not being able to afford the cost of school. This new research by
@cpaguk.bsky.social
highlights the further financial pressure families on low incomes face. 1/3
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James' Place
10 months ago
This
#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek
, and every week, James’ Place is here for neurodivergent men in suicidal crisis. Everyone’s mind is different, and so our therapy approach is designed around the man, rather than one size fits all. For more info about us go to
jamesplace.org.uk/support
#suicide
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Hetan Shah
11 months ago
I’m quoted on the front page of the Observer today. They are looking back at the effects of the pandemic five years on. I say that it is primarily a story of inequalities. The poorest, disabled, young people have suffered the fallout, but this is easy to overlook
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Dr Sarah Hughes
12 months ago
In my 35 years in
#mentalhealth
poor
#housing
or a lack of has always been the thing that causes significant and enduring harm. Supported accommodation that is safe and close to one’s community is too hard to find. This is an important piece of research 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Mental health patients with nowhere to go cost NHS £71m in England, report finds
Accommodation shortages caused 109,000 days of delayed discharge in 2023-24, says National Housing Federation
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/11/mental-health-patients-delayed-discharge-costs-nhs-71m-pounds
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James' Place
12 months ago
It's
#fundraisingfriday
and we want to say a huge thank you to the wonderful journalists who took part in
@thetimes.com
charity appeal phone in earlier this week to raise funds for us. Thank you so much to everyone who called in and donated.💙 Read more here
www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
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James' Place
12 months ago
We're
#recruiting
for a Clinical Administrator to join our team at James' Place Liverpool. You will be the first point of contact for men in suicidal crisis, and provide admin support to the clinical team. More info at
www.jamesplace.org.uk/clinical-adm...
#liverpooljobs
#suicideprevention
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Clinical Administrator, James' Place Liverpool | James' Place
The successful candidate will take a key role in facilitating a warm welcome to the Liverpool Centre for men in suicidal crisis.
https://www.jamesplace.org.uk/clinical-administrator/
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Dan Sohege
12 months ago
It's been reasonably well established ADHD/Autistic individuals have lower life expectancies. Often this is caused by a lack of adjustments to enable us to access equal healthcare. Add this to the many reasons we need better investment in support and diagnosis.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Adults diagnosed with ADHD have shorter life expectancy, UK study shows
Data based on recorded deaths raises concerns around under-diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/23/adults-diagnosed-adhd-shorter-life-expectancy-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder
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Caitlin Moran
about 1 year ago
I'm womanning the lines today - my shift is around 5pm! - for The TImes charity appeal. I moaned they hadn't put a photo of me on any of the posters, so they dug this one out. Fair fucks, social media department.
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Caitlin Moran
about 1 year ago
Tomorrow at 5pm I'll be on the phonelines for The Times' charity appeal: ring in and let's chat!
www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
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Fancy a chat with Giles Coren or Charlotte Ivers? Now’s your chance
More than 30 of our journalists will take your calls on Wednesday for the last day of The Times and The Sunday Times Christmas Appeal
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/christmas-appeal-times-phone-in-giles-coren-kvz0bs8bz
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Charlotte Augst
about 1 year ago
And people with
#ADHD
and menopausal women and people with cystic fibrosis and organ transplants. It's SCARY.
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Madeleine Sugden
about 1 year ago
My 3rd UK charities starter pack which I started last week is already almost a third full. Will there be a flurry of new starters I can add this
#BlueMonday
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#Xodus
day?
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Brilliant and absolutely crucial piece on a step change in thinking about suicide from our trustee
@roryoc.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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Rory O’Connor
about 1 year ago
"We need a step change in how we think about suicide" Proud to be a Trustee of
@jamesplaceuk.bsky.social
who are working tirelessly to support men who are suicidal
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This is an important - and devastating - article from
@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social
“It’s only when they’re lying bleeding on the pavement, crying for their mothers while some passing stranger holds their hand, that suddenly the world starts to see them as the children they still are”
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about 1 year ago
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Gavin Kelly
about 1 year ago
One of the most successful public policy interventions of recent decades.
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World of Statistics
about 1 year ago
NEWS: 🇬🇧 New study shows how the UK sugar tax is benefiting children’s health. In the three years following the announcement of the tax in 2016, sugar intake from soft drinks among children halved. (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
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This is a profoundly moving piece - sincere thanks to Farah and Rashid for speaking about their son Omar and sharing their story
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about 1 year ago
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James' Place
about 1 year ago
Thank you so much Rashid and Farah for sharing your story as part of
@thetimes.com
Christmas Appeal 💙 Read the full story and donate at the link.
www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
#TheTimes
#suicide
#suicideprevention
#christmasappeal
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‘Our son’s suicide was a mystery. We want his death to save other lives’
Farah Sayeed and Rashid Iqbal were devastated by the loss of their son Omar at university last year. They hope his legacy will help other men talk about mental health
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/the-omar-effect-james-place-christmas-appeal-tqzkdz802
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Robin Hewings
about 1 year ago
Well, here it is providing welcome relief from a trampoline park in Enfield.
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James' Place
about 1 year ago
Great article from
@mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social
in
@thetimes.com
last weekend.
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Felicity Hannah
about 1 year ago
Are you a small charity worrying about how to raise money when people’s budgets are so tight? Come ask my expert panel for advice and mention your charity on radio 4’s Money Box.
[email protected]
to put yourself forward
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Very moving piece in today’s
@thetimes.com
about Steven who came to James’ Place Newcastle in suicidal crisis. Sincere thanks to Steven for sharing his story and to my wonderful colleagues who were able to help him
www.thetimes.com/article/add3...
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I saved a baby’s life — then I needed someone to save my own
When Steven Simpson left the army after serving in Iraq, he spiralled into depression and was diagnosed with PTSD before finding the help he needed
https://www.thetimes.com/article/add30b50-bf0d-45f7-b664-79538e5eb83c?shareToken=2f65584ecc47a4357070dfdeecd0c81a
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Karim Palant
about 1 year ago
Are you an ex political adviser with zero remaining Joie de Vivre? Let me know and I will add you to my starter pack
go.bsky.app/B5X2Tsg
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Laura Silver
about 1 year ago
More here on the charities we've chosen this year and how you can support them
www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
Putting this together I have been blown away by the work all three do
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Christmas Appeal 2024: The Times and Sunday Times
Help the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, James’ Place, and Hope and Homes for Children to carry out their vital work
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/christmas-appeal-2024-fdpgw8cpr
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James' Place
about 1 year ago
We are delighted to announce that we have been chosen as one of three charities to benefit from this year's
@thetimes.com
Christmas Appeal. Every donation will help us to continue to provide free, life-saving therapy to men in suicidal crisis.
www.thetimes.com/article/c6a8...
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Christmas Appeal 2024: The Times and Sunday Times
Help the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, James’ Place, and Hope and Homes for Children to carry out their vital work
https://www.thetimes.com/article/c6a8ae95-b158-4a39-8ddd-c39f7d812ee9?shareToken=a83c14e72257774076ae9a4d9b57bc05
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Brent Toderian
about 1 year ago
READ: “Policies to help people walk & cycle such as low-traffic neighbourhoods can create public health benefits as much as 100 times greater than the cost of the schemes, a long-term study has concluded.” AND the benefits continue to grow even higher over time.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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Health gains of low-traffic schemes up to 100 times greater than costs, study finds
Research looked at three London boroughs to value overall health benefits of active travel over 20 years at up to £4,800 per head
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/health-gains-of-low-traffic-schemes-up-to-100-times-greater-than-costs-study-finds
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Thrilled and honoured that
@jamesplaceuk.bsky.social
won the Public Health Minister’s Award at today’s
@rsph.bsky.social
awards for our work with men in suicidal crisis in Liverpool, Newcastle and London, and to be presented with it by
@gwynnemp.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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Maria Loades
about 1 year ago
We are also working on a
#singlesessionintervention
for parents of teens who are struggling with their mood. We need uk based parents of 13-18 year olds to help us - by taking part in online interviews - email
[email protected]
if interested
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Robin Hewings
about 1 year ago
Just back from a brilliant - and free! - gig at the Barbican to see Whiskey Moonface for the first time since lockdown. Part of
#wearejazz
- do follow on BandsinTown or whatever app you use.
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Stephen Frost
about 1 year ago
IPPR called for this to be a national priority and I’m very pleased to see the government get behind School Streets and provide new guidance to help get more set up across the country. This is a real boost for children’s safety, independence, health and wellbeing
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Government guidelines to make school runs happier, healthier and greener
New guidance will help to design activity into our neighbourhoods and reduce congestion on the roads during school run times.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-guidelines-to-make-school-runs-happier-healthier-and-greener?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6c423760-b9ae-475b-a0f7-84b1bbebf2ff&utm_content=immediately
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Hetan Shah
about 1 year ago
Shocking news. 36% of UK children are living in poverty according to the latest Social Metrics Commission research (I am one of the Commissioners)
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Kate Collins
about 1 year ago
#StarterPack
for UK Charity Chief Execs, Trustees & Directors here.... many thanks to
@howardlake.bsky.social
for pulling this together :-)
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Robin Hewings
over 1 year ago
inews.co.uk/news/daughte...
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'My 10-year-old daughter can't play outside when toxic air takes her breath away'
Nancy Hewings is one of an estimated 2.3 million people who have suffered breathlessness due to air pollution in the last 12 months, according to research
https://inews.co.uk/news/daughter-play-outside-toxic-air-pollution-taking-breath-away-2283452
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Robin Hewings
over 1 year ago
A very heartening graph from the Health Foundation showing fallings rates of hospital admissions for children with asthma. Something my daughter feels strongly about
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Robin Hewings
over 1 year ago
It can often seem that improve health across a whole population is impossibly hard. That makes this a cheering report about what they've been getting it right in Greater Manchester.
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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Population Health In Greater Manchester | The King's Fund
This report explores the journey of Greater Manchester's efforts to improve population health at scale.
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/reports/population-health-greater-manchester?utm_source=The%20King%27s%20Fund%20newsletters%20%28main%20account%29&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=14665412_NEWSL_ICSH_2024-10-16&dm_i=21A8,8QBWK,6SBYEO,10A0I8,1
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The Fence
about 1 year ago
Afternoon, new followers. Twitter's sudden fall is worrying news for small publications like ours. If you like what we do, buy a magazine from the archive or even a subscription for the year.
www.the-fence.com/shop/
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