WE’VE SMASHED IT! Wow! 🌟
Thank you so much for everyone’s donations over the past 6 weeks. The amount of support our Crowdfunder received has been stunning and we are eternally grateful.
We are now officially able to make our documentary, Olly’s Light Travels, in memory of Olly Hare and his legacy of love and light 🧡 #suicideprevention #documentary
Join our next TAS10 open training session and learn ten practical tools that can can help save a life from suicide.
Thursday 14th May 10am-11:30am
The session is delivered via Zoom with emotional support available throughout.
Join over 10,000 people who have already had this training. Book your place now via the link in our bio.
Talking about Suicide: 10 Tools (TAS:10) is a CPD-certified, 90-minute training session designed to give you ten practical tools and the confidence to have a life-saving conversation with someone you are worried about and keep them 'safe for now.'
Talking about Suicide:10 Tools (TAS:10) was created by Ann Feloy of Olly's Future, in memory of her son, and Rose Rowkins of @start_the_conv Start the Conversation: Suicide Prevention Education who will lead this session.
See our website for more information about our training.
#mentalhealth #SuicideAwareness #suicideprevention #suicidepreventiontraining #lifeskills #tas10
Join us for an epic adventure on Saturday, 5th September 2026 at 9.00am, enjoying the splendour of the South Downs National Park while raising vital funds during World Suicide Prevention Week for .uk.
You’ll be helping an amazing cause. For anyone who has lost someone to suicide, this is a chance to honour them.
This year's Five Peaks Challenge marks SIX years of Olly’s Future national suicide prevention charity in memory of a wonderful young man from Worthing – Oliver (Olly) Hare. Every single penny raised will support our suicide prevention work. This includes delivering training to equip people with the skills to spot the signs in someone who may be thinking of suicide and have a conversation that could help save their life. To date more than 10,000 people worldwide have had this training. With your support, we can deliver this to even more people. Help a very worthwhile cause and do something great for your own wellbeing too!
There are two challenges. The Big One (17 miles) and The Short One (6 miles) so there is something for everyone.
If you aren't able to take part, please consider sponsoring a person taking the challenge or make a donation to support the work we do. Every penny can make a difference in the lives of young people at risk from suicide. You can find donation links on our website or in our bio.
HOW TO TAKE PART
Click the link in our bio, or scan the QR code, to register for either challenge.
The Big One - 17 miles: all five peaks - Cissbury Ring, Chanctonbury Ring, Chantry Hill, Black Patch Hill, Highdown Hill
Challenge yourself further by completing all five peaks in FIVE HOURS!
The Short One - if you're not up for all five peaks you can still take part - 6 miles: Cissbury Ring
Olly's Future is dedicated to the memory of Olly Hare who was born in Worthing and lost his life to suicide in 2017 just two days before his 23rd birthday. You can find out more about the work we do to raise awareness and prevent suicide, especially in young people. Please, if you can, support us!
#worldsuicidepreventionweek
#suicideawareness
#suicideprevention
#mentalhealth
#wellbeingwalk
#southdowns
Louise Howard, a leading nurse educator, and Ann Feloy of Olly's Future, are on a mission to embed suicide prevention skills and wellbeing techniques as part of every future nurses degree course.
Today they presented, along with other nurse educators from universities and practice, to an audience of delegates from across the UK at the Royal College of Nursing education conference at Exeter University. Their speech: 'Talking about suicide - introducing tools to support nursing students to have courageous and compassionate conversations'.
Prof. Nicola Ranger, General Secretary and Chief Executive, RCN, in her inspiring introductory keynote speech, recognised concerns around the wellbeing of student nurses which resonated with the Olly's Future's work with @kingstonuniversity .
Acclaimed actress, presenter, author and humanitarian Baroness Floella Benjamin @baronessfloellabenjamin in an inspiring keynote speech 'Facing adversity with a smile', described nurses as 'guardian angels'. She advocates positive attitudes, such as Consideration, Contentment, Confidence and Courage.
For the past two years, over 700 student nurses at Kingston University, where Louise is based, have received Olly's Future training. Louise said: "It's vital student nurses learn skills to ensure they can talk about suicide with confidence and competence. It's our shared mission to inspire all student nurses to keep their own wellbeing at the forefront of their work, to provide the best possible care to themselves and their future patients."
Of real concern is that female nurses have a 23% higher rate of suicide than the general population.
Ann added: "Our vision is to create an enlightened compassionate nursing profession where suicides among staff are reduced and where conversations with patients around thoughts of suicide are not 'missed, dismissed or avoided'."
Dr SAMS (Suicide Awareness in Medical Students/Services) is already delivered at medical schools across the UK and is now being taught at other universities to students nurses and paramedics.
For more information you can contact Ann at .uk
Ann Feloy, our founder and CEO, will be speaking at the National Suicide & Crisis Prevention Conference on 22nd April.
She will talk about the vital work we do in training medical and healthcare students, and medical professionals, in talking to patients and peers about suicide.
To book tickets for this online event, see our Linktree (url also in image and alt text).
You can find out more about the training we offer by visiting our website.
#suicideprevention #suicideawareness #mentalhealth
When Nigel Linacre’s son George died by suicide, he started writing about his son and grief. He and jazz pianist Vladimir Miller wrote @the.grief.opera
Starring international tenor Neil Latchman, with Chrissie Perkins, Vladimir and Nigel, and a cast who have experienced loss, this powerful work has been described as “Deeply moving and emotional.", “Brave, compassionate, beautifully realised", "A courageous portrayal of grief."
Their next performance will be at St. Mary's, Ealing on Friday 3rd April at 7pm. Tickets are available from @the.grief.opera
If you need help today, for yourself or someone you're worried about, call the @samaritanscharity on 116 123 or the helplines on our support flier. You can find it via the link in our bio.
#SuicideAwareness #suicideprevention #grief #bereavement
Worthing RFC are honoured to have been asked to work alongside the national suicide prevention charity Ollys Future .uk/
Rugby is built on looking out for each other on the pitch, and this training extends that care off the pitch too. Families and close supporters are often the first to notice changes in wellbeing, so involving them helps create a wider circle of support around every player.
To book onto this FREE online training, use the eventbrite link below Olly’s Future
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So proud to have delivered our training - Talking about Suicide: 10 Tools (TAS:10) - to 53 people from the @calmzone HQ
And to have received feedback like this! 🙌🏼
TAS:10 was created by @annfeloy of @ollys.future in memory of her son, and Rose Rowkins @start_the_conv
Anyone can learn to talk about suicide, and have pro-active, preventative life-saving conversations.
Do you need #suicideprevention training for YOUR team?
Let’s talk.
To try-before-you-buy, join one of our open sessions
Next dates
🗓️ Monday 16 March 12:30pm-2pm
🗓️ Thursday 14 May 10am-11:30am
Suicide is everyone’s business.
Future doctors at @ucl Medical School are learning ten suicide prevention tools and ten self-care and resilience techniques by attending our Dr SAMS (Suicide Awareness in Medical Students) programme, thanks to funding from the @fishmongerscompany .
The three year initiative includes delivery of the two part programme by Olly's Future trainers, as well as in-house UCL staff learning how to teach the sessions to their students themselves.
Ann Feloy, Founder and CEO, said: "I wanted to ensure sustainability and a way to scale the Dr SAMS programme to reach as many medical schools and universities as possible. This funding has enabled us to develop a Training for Trainers ‘T4T’ model so that the sessions can be delivered going forward by in-house staff, face to face. The work has involved developing training manuals and videos to help staff learn how to deliver Dr SAMS themselves.”
We trialled the suicide prevention ‘Talking about Suicide:10 Tools’ T4T with in-house training staff at Sanctuary Housing Association where they will roll out the training to up to 11,000 of their staff right across the UK.
It was created by Ann Feloy, in memory of her son, and Rose Rowkins of @start_the_conv .
Talking about Suicide:10 Tools (TAS:10) is a CPD certified training course where participants learn ten tools and the confidence and competence to have a safe, sensitive and non-judgemental conversation with someone they are worried about who may be thinking of suicide.
#DrSAMS, #TAS10 #suicideprevention #suicidepreventiontraining #mentalhealth #trainingfortrainers #training4trainers #CPD #workplacetraining
Please join us in putting Daffodils in your window on Valentine’s Day.
If you are bereaved on this day of love, please join us in putting daffodils in your window to show you still love that person and remember them.
We invite you to make this simple, heartfelt gesture in memory of a loved one or a dear friend.
Olly’s Future was founded in memory of Olly Hare from Worthing who died on February 14th, 2017 and his love and light continue to inspire us in our work at Olly’s Future.
Olly's mum wrote the lovely poem 'Daffodils'.
Put daffodils in the window
The brightest of the bright
To remind us of your presence
To remind us of your light.
Although the years are passing
Since last we saw your face
Your memory sustains us
With love and light and grace.
Daffodils are a sign of spring, of new beginnings and the promise of hope for the future - so important for those bereaved. By displaying daffodils on Valentine’s Day we hope to encourage understanding and empathy.
We invite you to print and display this image to explain our Daffodils campaign to visitors or passers by.
You can find out more about our work by visiting our website - link in our bio.
#daffodils #daffodilsonvalentinesday #valentinesday #valentinesday2026 #bereavement #empathy #bereavementsupport
Ensuring our GPs know how to talk about suicide to their patients is crucial. Our wonderful trainers went to Princess Royal University Hospital in Orpington, Kent, recently to deliver ‘Talking about Suicide:10 Tools’ to trainee and newly qualified GPs.
The London Borough of Bromley @lbbromley invited us to deliver this training as part of their Bromley GP Registrar Programme, an innovative scheme providing the fundamental foundations required to become a competent and confident General Practitioner.
Olly’s Future delivers suicide prevention training to practising clinicians as well as to medical students and future healthcare professionals, such as nurses and paramedics.
Ann Feloy, Olly’s Future founder and CEO, said: “We train existing and future doctors alike. Our belief is that if we can embed the learning while our future doctors and other healthcare professionals, such as nurses, are still studying, they will be better equipped and confident to help their future patients. However, it is never too late for practising clinicians to refresh their skills in suicide prevention. Why not get in touch?”
Talking about Suicide:10 Tools (TAS:10) was created by Ann Feloy of Olly's Future in memory of her son and Rose Rowkins of @start_the_conv . It has been delivered to #NHS Trusts as well as to medical schools and universities across the UK for over five years, with almost 10,000 participants trained in ten practical tools around suicide.
You can book, or find out more about, our suicide prevention training using links in our bio.
#sucidepreventiontraining #suicideprevention #medicaltraining #medicalstudents #mentalhealth #careforcarers #ollysfuture
Our lobbying work in Westminster goes on.
Yesterday Ann Feloy and Jess Escourt met with Liz Twist MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide and Self-Harm, with Doug Cave of the Learn Network and Jaquie Shanahan from the @forthe100_ group. We're campaigning for crucial changes. Mandatory core curriculum training in suicide prevention for all medical students across the UK, as well as for nursing and paramedics students and a Duty of Care for higher education institutions to support students' mental wellbeing.
They were delighted to be joined by Associate Professor Louise Howard from @kingstonuniversity . She and Ann will be speaking at the Royal College of Nursing @thercn ’s conference at @uniofexeter in April.
#suicideprevention #mentalhealth #dutyofcare #campaignforchange #ollysfuture
