Home Bargains SKYDIVE for mental health awareness

We are a team within Home Bargains that are looking to improve mental health awareness and suicide prevention. In today’s world, mental health is becoming more and more prevalent and affects a greater number of people and yet there is still a stigma around the topic.

We will be fundraising on behalf of the Samaritans who do fundamental work in this area.

Every 10 seconds, Samaritans responds to a call for help.They are there, day or night, for anyone who’s struggling to cope, who needs someone to listen without judgement or pressure.

Samaritans are not only for the moment of crisis, they’re taking action to prevent the crisis.

They give people ways to cope and the skills to be there for others. They offer listening and support to people and communities in times of need.

Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy, and Samaritans’ vision is that fewer people die by suicide.

To achieve this, we believe Samaritans has a crucial role to play in:

Reducing the risk factors that make some people more likely to take their own lives.

Ensuring that people who are at increased risk of suicide are supported.

Making it less likely that people who do experience suicidal thoughts act on them.

Reducing the likelihood that people will develop suicidal thoughts.

£5 is the cost to answer a call for help.

£96 could train and support an existing volunteer for a year.

£200 could cover the cost of a new volunteer.

£500 could keep Samaritans' phone line open for one hour.

It costs £3,105 per hour to deliver the service through 20,000 trained volunteers.

£12,000 could keep Samaritans’ phone line open for 24 hours.

With this in mind, we are looking at opening avenues within a Home Bargains to reduce this stigma and support the Samaritans on their journey. In doing so, a group of our team have agreed to take a massive leap of faith and jump from 11,000ft as a skydiving mission to fundraise for the cause on the 21st July 2024.

If you, or anybody you know, have been affected by mental ill health, please support our mission by donating to the cause here.