Content warning: suicide
Get your earbuds in, headphones on or Bluetooth speaker fired up, and join me on a bench in the Dingle, in Shrewsbury’s Quarry (Park), where I recorded some conversations, a soundscape, and an appeal for help, on a sunny Bank Holiday Monday afternoon.
Topics covered in this episode:
mental health
coping with grief
the joy of a skilled craft
men’s mental health
ADHD
PSA tests
where feels like home?
cats on leads
I need your help to find someone!
Who did I meet on the bench this time?
Jade’s about to set off on a big adventure, in memory of her brother Ricky. Here’s her GoFundMe page, if you’d like to support her.
Primal Instincts, the men’s mental health group founded by Ricky, is here on Facebook.
John’s recently experienced mental health issues for the first time in his life, and he’s had to take a battery of PSA tests, too. He finds joy in silversmithing - in particular, in one part of the process. Want to try your hand at it too? Click here.
Jason’s living with cystic fibrosis and learning difficulties. His life was at risk of going off the rails, but he’s turned things around with the support of the people at St George’s Church, Frankwell, Shrewsbury.
And if you’re a regular customer of Palmers in Shrewsbury, or part of the café team, you might be able to help me. Listen to the episode to find out how!
Next time:
Join me on a visit to a Shrewsbury landmark that surprisingly few people have seen inside, and learn about one of its other significant occupants.
Thank you …
… for being there. Please, ‘like’ the heck out of this, and share it with your friends, family, colleagues, neighbours … anyone you think would enjoy it too.
Hello You 36: Jade, John & Jason, on a bench in Shrewsbury's Dingle