The ‘Baton of Hope’ is here. It’s time to talk…
London, Saturday 5 November 2022
The ‘Baton of Hope’ is revealed! After months of planning, designers Thomas Lyte have released this image from their London-based workshops. The company, which has held a Royal Warrant since 2015, will now begin the fine work of crafting the Baton, and this will become the unifying symbol of next year’s unprecedented, UK-wide, awareness-raising tour.
The Baton will be carried by families and friends bereaved by suicide as part of what is expected to be the biggest initiative of its kind ever staged in the UK.
Organisers say the event aims to open up a public conversation around suicide, smash the stigma currently shrouding the subject, and promote practical change to save lives.
Mike McCarthy, one of the co-founders of the mission, noted: “The suicide statistics across the UK have all but stagnated for more than twenty years. Experts tell us that most suicides are preventable, so our question is: ‘Why aren’t we preventing them?’”
The ‘Baton of Hope’ is revealed! After months of planning, designers Thomas Lyte have released this image from their London-based workshops. The company, which has held a Royal Warrant since 2015, will now begin the fine work of crafting the Baton, and this will become the unifying symbol of next year’s unprecedented, UK-wide, awareness-raising tour.