Purchasing this tote bag will contribute to the lifesaving Ripple Suicide Prevention tool.

Alice Hendy lost her only sibling, her brother Josh, on the 25th November 2020 to suicide. Josh was 21 years of age.

After examining Josh’s phone and laptop following his death, Alice found that Josh had been researching techniques to take his own life via internet searches, suicide forums and video tutorials. Alice discovered that the content available online following a search of this nature currently provides mental health support in one format; a helpline.

To ensure more help and support is given to individuals in mental health crisis and searching for harmful content online, Alice utilised her skillset in IT and Cyber Security to set up R;pple Suicide Prevention.

R;pple addresses the lack of intervention and instead provides an immediate, vibrant display on a user’s device once they have been flagged as searching for online content relating to self-harm or suicide. R;pple consists of a message of hope, as well as encouraging users to utilise a selection of mental health support resources in a range of different options (call, text, webchat, app, resources).  

To learn more about Ripple, please visit www.ripplesuicideprevention.com