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Jan 2021
Harrogate man campaigns for suicide prevention in son's honour
A Harrogate man, who set up a charity to honour his son who took his life, held an event today to encourage businesses to improve workplace wellbeing.
Steve Phillip founded The Jordan Legacy to improve people's wellbeing and the support available to them.
Mr Phillip and other family members hope the charity will provide support for people in their darkest times.
Jordan was 34 when he took his life in December 2019. Since then, his family, friends and partner have been determined to remember him and "live by his values".
Mr Phillip described his son as "very considerate, a lot of fun and always the first there if you had a problem". He said he knew he wanted to do more to help others.
Today, the charity held an event to promote the #HopeForLifeUK Day it plans to hold on December 4 this year.
That date will be the second anniversary of Jordan's death and the aim is to bring people together to discuss suicide prevention.
The charity works with businesses to encourage workplace wellbeing and mental health training and to ensure they have people and facilities in place to support staff.
It also works to bring community organisations together to discuss suicide openly and plan how it can be prevented.
Those attending today's online event were asked to make a contribution; this may be to read a book on mental health, train as a mental health first-aider or fundraise for the charity. Whatever it is, the charity asks it be promoted using the #HopeForLifeUK Day. Mr Phillip said:
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Mr Phillip began working for the charity full-time eight weeks ago after previously being employed as a social media and LinkedIn consultant. He was also the vice president of Harrogate District Chamber of Commerce until 2016.
Mr Phillip said lockdown is having a huge impact on people's wellbeing and he hopes to continue promoting the charity and the work it does to ensure people feel supported.
The charity's website also has a number of resources available for people.
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