Today, 17 people will take their own life in the UK. Tomorrow, 17 more will. And the day after that, and so on.
It is a startling statistic, and one that campaigners are fighting to turn around. To symbolise that fight, a Baton of Hope tour is making its way around the country — and comes to Manchester in a week (Thursday, June 29).
It’s spearheaded by Mike McCarthy, an ex-BBC presenter, who lost his son Ross to suicide in 2021. Co-founder Steve Phillip experienced his son Jordan taking his life 14 months earlier.
