The stylists are trained to recognise the signs someone is struggling and has helped dozens of people in its pop-up barbershop.

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Our Ordsall mens group meet Mondays at 9am at The Tatton in Ordsall. Come along for a brew and a warm welcome. You might even get a bacon butty!
#peersupport #salford #ordsall

Thank you to ⁦ITV Granada Reports⁩ for reporting on our Pop Up barbers at Piccadilly train station yesterday. linkedin.com/posts/tom-chap…

VULNERABILITY
Wrote this whilst in Rijeka. Words taken from chats with artists in Croatia. It was recorded and displayed as part of an exhibition in their city on Saturday night. Looking at what it means to be vulnerable and how we use it to change the way we see eachother. 👊🏼❤️

Popped in to my local barbers, Karl & Co, and they are already proudly displaying their ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴏɴs ʙᴀʀʙᴇʀs BarberTALK training certificate with support information available to clients. 😃 #shiningalightonsuicide

Doctors' receptionists in #LINCOLNSHIRE are being taught to spot the signs of #loneliness
The RCGP found that 75% of GPs said that between 1 & 5 consultations per day are due to loneliness
Campaign to End Loneliness Robin Hewings
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#mentalhealth #suicideprevention

Do you have crutches, walking sticks or frames you no longer need?
You can return these items so they can be checked, cleaned, refurbished, and where possible, used by another patient.
Find your nearest drop off point: ow.ly/MTll50Lf7Iw
#GreenerNHS #NationalRecycleWeek

Incredible couple of days in Manchester watching our film The £1.7 Million Haircut on the big screen, delivering #BarberTalk training and providing a ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴏɴs ʙᴀʀʙᴇʀs pop up at Manchester Piccadilly 🚆 with Adele Owen QPM

We invited the charity Lions Barber Collective to Mcr Piccadilly to give people free haircuts and a safe space to talk about mental health and suicide. Tom Chapman tells us how his group of barbers trained in mental health support, help people to open up #ShineALight

Thank you very much ManchesterPiccadilly for the warm welcome to Piccadilly train station today for the ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴏɴs ʙᴀʀʙᴇʀs Thanks too to Danielle SpaceandPeople Glasgow for all her help over recent months to make this day possible. #shiningalightonsuicide

Thank you ⁦Paul Crone⁩ for visiting our ⁦ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴏɴs ʙᴀʀʙᴇʀs⁩ Pop Up today. #shiningalightonsuicide

Thank you so much to these amazing ⁦ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴏɴs ʙᴀʀʙᴇʀs⁩ Ambassadors & Tom Chapman for all their support today at Manchester Piccadilly train station. Safe journey home to you all. #shiningalightonsuicide ⁦GM Integrated Care Partnership⁩

⁦ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴏɴs ʙᴀʀʙᴇʀs⁩ Pop Up Barbers at ⁦ManchesterPiccadilly⁩ is going down brilliantly. Some great conversations taking place. #shiningalightonsuicide

A great afternoon ⁦DUCIE STREET WAREHOUSE⁩ this afternoon with Tom Chapman of ⁦ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴏɴs ʙᴀʀʙᴇʀs⁩ delivering BarberTALK Live Suicide prevention training to GM hair & beauty professionals. Giving up their Sunday afternoon to learn the skills to help others in their communities.

An amazing Q&A with Tom Chapman of ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴏɴs ʙᴀʀʙᴇʀs hosted by the wonderful Mike McCarthy after seeing the powerful film The £1.7 Million Haircut at DUCIE STREET WAREHOUSE this morning #shiningalightonsuicide

Important support at time of economic hardship: Breathing Space scheme, which provides people in mental health crisis with legal protection against creditors.

Need to ensure patients, families & MH staff are aware of this.

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Overall message from this week’s meeting on mental health & economic crisis.

Local #suicideprevention leaders should ensure their frontline services
•are aware of the risks
•know where people facing debt & hardship can get advice & support.