
LIFE AFTER DAN
Helping those left behind by Suicide
When the unimaginable happens, we are here.
Information, Support, Understanding
Step Parents
As a Step Dad to Dan, I can write this with some insight. I knew Dan for 8 years and watched him grow from barely out of school and shut […]
Should I have a Wake?
A wake is seen as a little old-fashioned sometimes, but they have been done for hundreds of years all around the world for a reason. After the pain of someone’s […]
Grief and alcohol
Like a lot of people, we drank too much following Dan’s suicide, it’s an easy way of slowing the world down and blanking things out, even if only for a […]
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Suicide Statistics
- 6500+ Suicides in the UK every Year
- Over 75% are Men with 45 to 49-Year-olds being most at risk
- The suicide rate is 65% higher amongst family and friends of victims
- Family and friends of victims are 80% more likely to drop out of work or education
- Each suicide affects on average 137 people
This means that each year there are a staggering 800,000+ people in the UK whose lives are touched by suicide