1 February 2025 Wow! We are all so happy at Team EPiC HOPE that we’ve been so swiftly nominated for CIC/Social Enterprise of 2025 with the prestigious, gold standard @wigan_borough_business_awards What an encouragement! 😃🙌🏼 And we’re also over the moon to discover that we have 2 nominations for Best Boss also. One for Ellie our […]
27 January 2025 Today, some of our Crisis Harbour team had a presentation from the Wigan Living Well team. We’re looking forward to working together! 🛟 Collaboration like this strengthens the support we can offer to those in need. #MentalHealthMatters #EPiCHOPE #CollaborationForChange #epichope #epichopeharbours #suicideprevention #suicidesaferwigan #mentalhealthsupport #mentalhealthresources #atherton #wigan #leigh #helpishere #livingwell #teamepichope
🚨 Collaborating for Crisis Support 🚨 Today, Ellie had the privilege of meeting with Chief Inspector Adam Wignall from @gtrmanchesterpolice to discuss the work we’re doing at EPiC HOPE Harbours, and specifically the first new Crisis Harbour based in Atherton, a safe space designed to support anyone in a self-defined mental health crisis and/or struggling with suicidal […]
4 January 2025 The team were invited to host a stall at a Wigan Athletic match in order to raise awareness for suicide prevention around blue Monday, which is rumoured to be one of the toughest Monday’s of the year. A massive thank you to the team at the stadium for inviting us down and […]
9 December 2024 🚨 Suicide Prevention Starts with Awareness and Action 🚨 Today, Ellie visited the @wwlnhs Education Centre to deliver a talk in the lecture theatre. Ellie shared part of her deeply personal story, speaking on the devastating impact of domestic violence and how it can tragically lead to suicide. Her message was clear. Safeguarding saves […]
6 December 2024 We’re Celebrating New ASIST Graduates! 🙌🏼 Round 1! We’re thrilled to introduce some of our amazing new staff and volunteers who have just completed 2 full days of ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)! Their dedication and hard work over the past two days has been truly inspiring, and we couldn’t be […]
22 November 2024 Tomorrow is the day! 🌟We’re excited to be a part of Rebuild with Hope Wigan Men’s Health Day along with so many of our friends and fellow organisations from Wigan 💜 Pop on down to their new Community Hub in the Grand Arcade Shopping Centre, Wigan at the old TK Maxx Say […]
Yesterday Ellie and @ninajosmith1 Nina attended the SSHaRe NoW (Suicide & Self Harm Research North West 7th Annual Conference. It was great to catch up with our friend Mike Palmer from 3 Dads Walking, in fact, all @3dadswalking were on the panel sharing a powerful message. They inspire us so much 🙌🏼 Lovely to finally meet @jessgallier from the @themartingallierproject in Liverpool and […]
14 November 2024 Today we had the privilege of working with an incredible group from the domestic abuse charity @aim.northwest who completed The EPiC Method suicide awareness training! 🎗️ They brought such dedication and empathy to the session, diving deep into role plays and scenarios. We’re so grateful to have them on board in our […]
6 November 2024 This afternoon, we delivered a safeTALK suicide alertness workshop at @leighyouthhubWe were incredibly impressed with the staff as they were engaged, interactive, and fully committed to learning how to better support those in need. It was nice for a couple of staff to join in from @wiganyz too! Their openness and willingness to participate reminded […]
