Baton of Hope Tour stops off in Edinburgh to raise awareness of suicide prevention initiative 

The Baton of Hope aims to be the UK’s biggest suicide prevention initiative

The Baton of Hope, the symbol of the UK’s biggest suicide awareness campaign, reached Edinburgh Castle on Monday as it continues its tour across the UK’s major cities,

The Baton of Hope, the biggest suicide prevention initiative the UK has ever seen, will visited Edinburgh on the first ever tour of its kind. 

Highlighting the suicide crisis that sees 17 people take their own lives every day, the charity’s Baton, its iconic physical symbol, will embark on a tour of 12 cities across the UK, starting in Glasgow on Sunday 25^th June and culminating in a trip to Downing Street on Thursday 6^th July.

The Baton will bring a unifying message of hope to the thousands of people across the country that are suffering as a result of suicide bereavement or personal mental ill health. 

PICTURED: Louise Marshall, the Lord Provost’s Piper, Christo, the Baton of Hope Tour’s first Baton bearer, Tanya Marwaha and Jenny Raynor, members of the Baton of Hope organising committee, and Paul Marshall, brother of the Lord Provost’s Piper.