Supporting people affected by suicide

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Therapeutic creative bereavement groups in Lancashire. New groups. Community conversation, training development. Reduce risk. Reprints of existing books. Travelling exhibition.

£16,939 Raised of £16,708

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Our Delivery Report

Funded on 11 November 2025 | Delivered on 16 May 2026

£16,939

RAISED

27

BACKERS

123

DAYS TO FUND

BIGGEST PLEDGE

£7,767

From Lancashire County Council

£10

MOST POPULAR PLEDGE AMOUNT

Chorley Council donated £3,000

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12 Community events created

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The local economy

Our project has reduced the need for GP visits and mental health services

Volunteering, jobs & education

One person has started a counselling course. Several people have returned to work. 6 people have so far benefitted fro BYIB training, another 9 will be trainined.

Arts, culture & heritage

We have had 3000 books made 2.500 have been distributed. People constantly ask for books. People can see the benefit of art as a means of communication to self and others. Our books and exhibitions rise awareness of the specifiv pain and suffering experienced by anyone affected by suicide

Activity, health and leisure

Our project promotes good emotional well being through activities and connection with others. This creates better physical health in terms of not holding stress in the body. We have outdoor days, walks and foraging and people from our group have become regulars at foraging days in Nelson

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All directors are bereaved by suicide and are aware of the impact of the affects, often leading to more suicides, complex grief and long term suffering.

Regular weekly groups can help hold a person as they process the death, and shared feelings, of self blame and not having done enough, helping wth the normalisation of their feelings.

The groups help people find their words. Often people cannot communicate how they feel, when art or writing can. Words can then be found and shared. People find themselves putting words to their feelings, which they can then take back to share with families and friends.

We can help people prepare for inquests through shared experience.

Group members find anniversaries/ Christmas particularly difficult, and the group are aware of these times for each other.

We are recommended by Chorley GP practice and social prescribers have brought people to the first meeting.

ByiB are part of Lancashire Suicide prevention and group members support and have given presentations at council meetings and other open days

We will continue to be supported by CAD (Community Asset Development) NHS team and have approached 'Open Space' in Colne and South Ribble council about developing new groups in these areas. Here we already have volunteers who are willing to help.

We had funding from Burnley/Pendle Community Service Volunteers to facilitate a three month winter support group in Nelson last winter. We walked, foraged and made healthy food . This brought in a higher proportion of men and working people. Volunteers had conversations with 9 new people who were all helped by the connections made. An additional benefit was exercise, getting out the house and learning new skills. Some of the new poeple have since joined our other groups for ongoing support.

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