Overview
- Cumbria hosts a baton-pass on September 7 with 57 local carriers traveling from Sellafield’s Centre of Excellence in Cleator Moor through Penrith to Carlisle.
- Local context in Cumbria notes some of England’s highest suicide rates, with Copeland ranked highest, Carlisle second and Barrow fifth.
- Norwich is set for September 17 with an opening led by Lady Dannatt at the Norfolk Showground and a city route that ends with a lap at Carrow Road by a Norwich City first-team player.
- Stops in Norwich include the Sainsbury Centre, Eaton Park, the Samaritans branch, Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich Lanes and Norwich Cathedral alongside a Conversations Around Suicide conference.
- Hereford’s event is scheduled for October 2 with support from Hereford City Council, Herefordshire Mind and West Mercia Police, as coverage cites a local suicide rate of 12.6 per 100,000 versus the national 10.4.