Page 62 • The HERALD • 20th February 2025 v THE HERALD - Your Community Magazine v Call our Waterside Team For a free initial meeting on Wills, Probate or Powers of Attorney Jasper Vincent Solicitors Unit 1 Chevron Business Park Lime Kiln Lane Holbury Southampton SO45 2QL Tel: 023 8089 0919 e: waterside@jaspervincent.com www.jaspervincent.com Out of hours appointments are available on request ASK A PROFESSIONAL Solent Mind Installs ‘Lifesaving’ Digital Crisis Intervention Tool Across its Organisation Hampshire’s largest mental health charity, Solent Mind, has installed new IT so ware across its organisation, designed to provide emergency online support to people at mental health crisis point. e new R;pple so ware intercepts harmful online searches related to self-harm and suicide and will provide timely support and care to any of Solent Mind’s sta , volunteers, stakeholders or service users, attempting to access unsafe content. If triggered, the innovative tool will take online users to a breathing exercise and will signpost them to a list of immediate mental health support available. R;pple is a suicide prevention charity and its intervention so ware is being used across multiple sectors. Incredibly, it has saved 31 lives, intercepted over 70,000 harmful searches and has nearly 2 million active users. Solent Mind is committed to looking a er mental health in the region, and the charity says by implementing this new technology, it is sending out a powerful message to all its people. Robert Wayman, Solent Mind Director of Fundraising, External Engagement and IT, said: “At Solent Mind we want to ensure that everyone has someone to turn to for mental health support when they need it. By installing this digital crisis tool, we are ensuring that any harmful searches made on Solent Mind’s IT equipment are met with a hopeful message, along with sources of immediate, free of charge, support. We hope this inspires other organisations in the region to do the same.” R;pple was founded by Alice Hendy, who lost her brother, Josh, to suicide. Josh had been searching for techniques to take his own life through harmful internet searches. He was 21. Solent Mind has a number of mental health services on o er across Hampshire. Its crisis centres, e Lighthouse in Bitterne and Shirley, and e South West Hampshire Safe Haven in Eastleigh, are also able to provide out-of-hours, in-themoment support to those who need it. For more information, visit www. solentmind.org.uk Solent Mind installs lifesaving digital crisis intervention tool Nominate a Charity to Receive Share of £1 Million The Movement for Good Awards, spearheaded by the Benefact Group, is set to donate over £1 million to charities up and down the country this year. Now in its seventh year, this transformative initiative invites residents in Hampshire to nominate their favourite charities for a chance to receive a donation of £1,000. You can make a nomination at www. movementforgood.com – a simple act that could have a lasting impact. Winners will be drawn at random, and the initiative will also feature special sector-speci c draws, with charities able to secure larger grants of £5,000. e timetable for these draws is available on the website, with winners announced throughout the year. e Movement for Good Awards has donated over £6 million to charities in the UK and Ireland since the initiative started in 2019. Hannah’s Holiday Home Appeal, Hounds for Heroes, e Williams Syndrome Foundation and Limbcare are some of the Hampshire causes that have previously bene tted from the funding thanks to more than 20,500 nominations from the public. Mark Hews, Group Chief Executive of Benefact Group, said: “Benefact Group is a family of award-winning specialist financial services companies and the third largest corporate donor to charity in the UK. Owned by a charity ourselves, charitable giving is at the heart of what we do. All of our available profits go to good causes and the more the Group grows, the more the Group can give. We are delighted to be able to donate over £1million to good causes each year through our Movement for Good Awards and are grateful to all our supporters, including the customers of the trusted insurer, Ecclesiastical, and the responsible and sustainable asset manager, EdenTree. Our Movement for Good Awards help charities change lives for the better and we know that for many charities, £1,000 can make a real difference.” e Benefact Group – a family of awardwinning nancial services companies - has donated over £230 million to charitable causes since 2014 and was recognised as the third biggest corporate giver in the UK last year. With a goal to reach £250 million by 2025, the organisation is committed to ensuring its pro ts drive positive change. Nominations are open now at: www. movementforgood.com The more nominations a charity receives, the greater its chance of being selected – so share the link with your loved ones and get involved!
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