… and not forgetting Cheriton, Romsey, Stockbridge, Hursley, Kings Worthy, Littleton, Alresford, Chandler’s Ford, Micheldever, Bishop’s Waltham, and everywhere in between!
July 2013 Monthly • Issue 008
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Poster Campaign: "Working - But More Needs To Be Done" By William Brougham
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Winchester Today's Deputy Editor William Brougham reports that leading charities across Winchester are backing a poster campign aimed at preventing suicide but tell him more needs to be done to tackle the problem. You may have seen the posters in question which have gone up on the walls on the platforms at the southern end of Winchester railway station. The 'We’re In Your Corner' project was launched as part of a partnership between the Samaritans and Network Rail to prevent male suicide on our railways. The posters target middle-aged men who the Samaritans says are most at risk of taking their lives. The charity’s national Head of Communications, Chantel Scherer, says that while her organisation does not take down the age of people who contact them, they do note their gender: “We have had three thousand more men ring us in the first quarter of this year than we did this time last year.
EXCLUSIVE: Winchester couple Eddie and Hannah Baker had their whole lives ahead of them. They had plans, they had plenty to do. That dream and those plans were all turned upside down when Hannah died in March after an accident. She was only 33.
months on, but Eddie and his mates are making something positive out of a desperate situation. To heal as a group, and to build something new. The list of pledges and donations is already astonishing. This month, Winchester Today is giving you the opportunity to Suffice to say that emotions read this incredibly moving are still incredibly raw three story of love. Continues on Page 3.
Almost Up The Itchen Without a Paddle! EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of sportsmen will soon be descending on Winchester for the hugely popular Winchester PPP. But Winchester Today can reveal that the whole event came very close to being called off altogether. Find out why: BACK PAGE
"We would like to believe that the campaign is playing a part in that and that more men are seeing our posters." Continues on Page 11
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1! It's our First Birthday! Come with us on our year of discovery in pictures and birthday messages: ......CENTRE PAGES Flag: Winchester pays tribute to Armed Forces... Page 2 Man With a Plan: starting a railway, er... from scratch!.... Page 6 Think! Puzzle Page:.. 15
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