Baton of Hope 2025
The Baton of Hope is the UK's largest suicide prevention initiative and is part of a growing movement working towards a zero-suicide society. You can read more about the vision and mission on the Baton of Hope website.
In 2025 the Baton of Hope toured the UK, with the aim of opening up a national conversation about suicide, to reduce stigma and to create unity with the suicide prevention community.
The Baton of Hope has completed its journey through Hereford, and we are so grateful to everyone who came out to support, cheer, walk, volunteer, and share in this moment of connection and hope.
To continue the baton's legacy, we're keeping this page open to showcase photos from the day, highlight important information and give thanks to the baton bearers, local organisations, community groups, schools, volunteers, and the public for making it so special.
- Download and read the Baton of Hope Mythbusters document
- Familiarise yourself with mental health support and suicide prevention support in Herefordshire
- Read more about becoming an Orange button wearer and suicide prevention training in the local area
Organisations and businesses can make a 'workplace pledge' to remove and eradicate the stigma around mental health in the workplace, increase awareness of suicide, improve and do our best to save lives and make suicide awareness, support and prevention a priority.
S & A - Thank you for your email and well done to you all on taking the Baton for such a worthy cause, it will be an amazing day!
Skittery - Thank you for letting us know about this event. We would like to donate.
Townsend Farm - A great charity you are doing. We would love to help!
Bakes at 34 - What a wonderful event, I would love to support.
Tescos - We would absolutely love to help out by providing snacks to this cause.
- Halo Leisure
- Hereford City Council
- Hereford College of Arts
- Herefordshire FA
- Hereford FC
- Herefordshire, Ludlow & North Shropshire College
- Hereford Medical Group
- Herefordshire Mind
- Hereford Men's Mental Health Group
- Herefordshire Samaritans
- Marches Counselling Service
- NMITE
- The Cart Shed
- The Courtyard
- The Kindle Centre
- West Mercia Police
- We Are Farming Minds
- Yeomans Travel
3Degreez Allstarz CiC
Belfour Beatty
Belmont Community Centre
Bredenbury Primary School
C.A.R.E.(Herefordshire) CiC
CAHMS/WEST
Community Power
Crate Stuff CiC
Cruse Bereavement
H&W Fire and Rescue
Hallas Haven
Hereford Community Farm
Hereford Fanfare Trumpets
Hereford Football Association
Hereford Medical Group
Hereford Veteran Art Group
Herefordshire Board Gamers
Herefordshire Youth Employment Hub
Hoople Ltd
HVOSS
Kingstone and Thruxton Primary School
Leominster Priory
Leominster Wellness Club CiC
Marches Ambulance Service
Marches Couselling Service
Newton Farm Community Association
NHS Mental Health (Hereford and Worcester)
Now We're Talking
Old Market
On-Side Advocacy
Phoenix Bereavement
Post Office
Samaritans Hereford
South Wye Police
South Wye Police Boxing Academy
St James CE Primary School
St Martin's Foodshare
St Martin's Primary School
St Thomas Cantilupe CE Primary School
St Weonards Primary School
The Starlight Company
Trinity Primary School
Turning Point
West Mercia Radio Telephones Ltd
West Mercia Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre
West Midlands Air Ambulance
Whitchurch Primary School