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Mental health benches: A simple idea helping people through 'a very dark place'

Michelle Hazard’s charity has installed 100 benches with helpline info and solar lights across UK parks to support mental health and prevent suicide.

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At night, in 100 parks across the UK, small solar panelled lights illuminate wooden benches with these words carved into the wood: "Someone is always listening". This week, half a dozen former football stars unveiled the 100th bench of this kind. They are a simple but powerful beacon of hope for people suffering from mental health problems - a place to sit and reflect and, if you need them, they offer helplines and even a QR code that will direct you to mental health support services.

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Mental health benches: A simple idea helping people through 'a very dark place'

The benches offer both a place to sit and reflect, as well as offer helplines and a QR code to mental health support services.

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