Charlotte Dawson launches The Baton of Hope

Blackpool Gazette

The Baton of Hope is unprecedented – its first tour was, as its founders intended, the UK’s­ largest ever suicide prevention initiative. Charlotte Dawson launches the 2025 tour in Blackpool

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00:00Hello darlings, I'm Charlotte Dawson, Shazza D. Oz, and today I'm here in my

00:06fabulous hometown of Blackpool and we are talking all about the Batonacoat. So why

00:12I'm actually here is very tragically and sadly we lost my brother-in-law

00:17Glenn to suicide, leaving my sister, my niece and nephew and his daughter Jess behind.

00:22It was like a big massive atomic bomb had gone off in our house, it was awful.

00:28What happened to us and we will just want to make a change and create so much

00:34stigma around suicide, we want to try and make a difference and the Baton of Hope is

00:39exactly that and making families that have lost anyone to suicide, making them feel

00:43closer to that person that has sadly and tragically lost to suicide.

00:48Great job.

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