His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales officially opens James' Place Birmingham

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales officially opened James’ Place Birmingham today at the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. His Royal Highness was able to meet our new team, men that have been helped at our other centres, as well as local supporters and donors that have helped bring James’ Place to Birmingham.

Ellen O’Donoghue, Chief Executive of James’ Place said: “We are so grateful to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales for opening our new James’ Place centre. The Prince has opened all four of our centres, which is testament to how deeply he cares about suicide prevention, and we were delighted to be a founding partner of the National Suicide Prevention Network he convened last year through The Royal Foundation, which aims to deliver lasting change in how suicide is understood and prevented across the four nations. We know that the work we do saves lives, and we’re here to help men in the West Midlands out of their crisis and find hope for the future.”

We are now open to referrals from a the West Midlands. Men can self-refer or be referred to the centre by a professional including those working in health and community services, or by a friend or family member. We hope to be able to offer free, life-saving therapy to around 450-500 men in crisis in our first year.

Birmingham is our fourth centre and is located just outside the city centre, near Five Ways in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, easily accessible by public transport.

To talk to us about our new Birmingham centre please email our Head of Centre ciaran.brady@jamesplace.org.uk. Referrals can be made here.

Thank you to all our supporters who have made this centre possible. Funders who have contributed to the opening of the centre include The Eveson Trust, Goodman Family Foundation, Cameron Grant Memorial Trust, Belinda Hill, Julia Rausing Trust, The David Riddell Memorial CIO, Chris Rokos, The Noel Sweeney Foundation, Julia Willoughby and a number of other donors. Anomaly Architects, Newmark, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Savills, and Slaughter and May have generously given their time and expertise pro bono to support the opening of James’ Place Birmingham.

You can read our full press release here.

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