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We campaign relentlessly for change to help preventable deaths to suicide. Please find below our latest, and past, commentary, interviews and news coverage.
The Latest
CALM'S
MISSED BIRTHDAYS CAMPAIGN
TOGETHER, WE CAN END YOUTH SUICIDE
09.09.2024
Past Highlights
02.02.2024
The LEARN Network's comment on the HE Mental Health Implementation Taskforce - first stage report
19.07.2023
05.06.2023
26.05.2023
19.05.2023
UK parliament to debate university statutory duty of care towards students
(Pinsent Masons)
16.05.2023
The mother of daughter who took her own life trying to change the law
(Kent Online - KMTV))
09.05.2023
28.04.2023
25.04.2023
PRESS RELEASE:
The LEARN Network and #ForThe100 hand the petition at 10 Downing street and meet with MPs
25.04.2023
Formal delivery of signed petition to 10 Downing Street
(BBC Early Evening News.- East Midlands Today)
25.04.2023
Formal delivery of signed petition to 10 Downing Street
(ITV Evening News.-
Central)
25.04.2023
Formal delivery of signed petition to 10 Downing Street
(ITV Evening News.-
Anglia)
25.04.2023
Formal delivery of signed petition to 10 Downing Street
(ITV Evening News.-
Border)
25.04.2023
Formal delivery of signed petition to 10 Downing Street
(BBC Early Evening News.- South Today)
25.04.2023
Formal delivery of signed petition to 10 Downing Street
(ITV Evening News.- Calendar)
25.04.2023
Formal delivery of signed petition to 10 Downing Street
(ITV Evening News.- Anglia West)
25.04.2023
Formal delivery of signed petition to 10 Downing Street
(BBC Early Evening News.- Look North - Yorkshire )
25.04.2023
Formal delivery of signed petition to 10 Downing Street
(BBC Early Evening News.- Point West)
25.04.2023
‘Milestone’ in campaign after Nottinghamshire university student Natasha Abrahart took her own life
(Nottinghamshire Live)
25.04.2023
Mother of 20-year-old from Kent who took her own life wants legal duty of care for universities
(ITV News - Meridian)
25.04.2023
Parents urge Westminster to give universities a ‘duty of care’ after daughter’s suicide
(ITV News – West Country)
25.04.2023
Universities should have ‘duty of care’ for students, says grieving mum of UEA student
(ITV News - Norfolk)
25.04.2023
Student suicides: ‘Universities must do more to protect students from harm’
(BBC News - Nottingham)
25.04.2023
Mother hopes petition will be leaders’ lesson after Cambridge Uni son’s death
(Greatest Hits Radio)
20.03.2023
PRESS RELEASE:
128,000 support our petition for debate to secure student safety and success
19.03.2023
On Mother's Day Hilary Grime speaks about her daughter Phoebe and the need for duty of care
(BBC Radio 5)
16.03.2023
Dr Mark Shanahan argues for a legal duty of care on David Prever's
Breakfast Club
(BBC Radio Oxford)
15.03.2023
100 students take their life every year. This petition is calling for urgent change
(The Tab)
14.03.2023
Maxine Carrick speaks about the need for a legal duty of care in Higher Education
(BBC4 World at One)
04.03.2023
Candlelit vigils held in remembrance of university students who took their own lives
(ITVX)
28.02.2023
Natasha Abrahart's parents on the need for the statutory duty of care in Higher Education
(BBC Radio Nottingham)
21.02.2023
Bereaved families of students say government response is inadequate
(Glasgow Guardian)
12.02.2023
Natasha Abrahart's parents say universities 'should have legal duty of care' over students
(Bristol Post)
10.02.2023
Mother's plea for a legal duty of care in Higher Education
(South East Today / Evening News / BBC1)
09.02.2023
Natasha Abrahart's parents appalled by 'inadequate' government response to student welfare petition
(The Tab)
09.02.2023
Bereaved families 'concern at 'inadequate' government statement in response to petition
(Irwin Mitchel)
08.02.2023
Natasha Abrahart's parents call for statutory university duty of care
(Research Professional News)
12.01.2023
Parents 'horrified' by response to petition after suicide of Bristol student
(The Guardian)
30.01.2023
Hilary Grime joins Nuala McGovern to talk about her daughter Phoebe and statutory duty of care
(Woman's Hour / BBC Radio 4)
12.01.2023
Bereaved parents on the urgent need for legal reform to the higher education sector
(The Glasgow Guardian)
12.01.2023
Nottinghamshire family 'can't start grieving' daughter's death as they continue fight for justice
(Nottinghamshire Live)
30.12.2022
Conversation with Shelagh Fogarty on a need for a duty of care in Higher Education
(LBC, Pt1 and Pt2)
24.12.2022
Heartbroken mum demands universities 'held accountable' after daughter's suicide
(Metro UK)
17.10.2022
Natasha Abrahart’s parents are fighting to rewrite the rules on student mental health
(The Tab)
10.10.2022
Everyone assumes universities have a duty of care towards students – our campaign would establish one
(WONKHE)
20.09.2022
Will your son or daughter’s university look after their mental wellbeing?
(Jordans Space - Yowah Radio)