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The Mary O'Gara Foundation

We are a none profit organisation dedicated to suicide prevention amongst young people through awareness, support and education.

About The Mary O'Gara Foundation


Tags: Mental health Health & Medical Advocacy, awareness & campaigning

The Mary O’Gara Foundation was founded in memory of 27-year-old Mary O’Gara who was lost to suicide on 30 May 2020. We are a not-for-profit charity and run by Mary’s family with the help of Mary’s friends and our wonderful volunteers.
In the UK, suicide is the single biggest killer in young people under the age of 35. Each day 5 young people take their lives, and some 200 school children die each year from Suicide. Research shows that with appropriate intervention and support; suicide can be prevented.
We are an organisation dedicated to the prevention of young suicide. By addressing the causes of suicide in young people and fostering positive conversations around mental health and suicide prevention across Lancashire and the whole of the northwest, we hope that fewer families and friends have to suffer the devastating ripple effect suicide causes.
We achieve our aims by spreading awareness and information – primarily in the following forms:
(1) Training – the Foundation provides fully funded suicide prevention training to those responsible for young people across Lancashire, including in schools, colleges, universities clubs and businesses It provides the tools needed to identify and support a young person in crisis.

(2) Awareness – promoting positive discussion around the issue of suicide, empowering people and communities to identify and respond to those in need and encouraging anyone who is struggling to seek help by breaking the stigma surrounding suicide.
We are driven by a simple and clear belief that suicide is preventable.

Your Impact

By providing the right support and the appropriate early intervention we can help those feeling suicidal to seek the help and care they need to keep safe. We as a family have now undertaken this training, and whilst it may be too late for us, it isn’t too late for another family to still have their loved one with them.
Nothing we do can ever bring our beautiful baby girl back but by making suicide prevention everyone’s responsibility by offering training and spreading awareness, we can try and help save a son, daughter, grandchild, niece, nephew, cousin, colleague, friend and even a stranger. TOGETHER WE CAN SAVE LIVES and build suicide safe communities.

£2

Will help us produce and distribute 5 Suicide Safety Plans to help 5 individuals

£30

Will allow us to produce and distribute to the public 300 suicide prevention and education booklets

£350

Will allow us to provide 90 minute accredited suicide prevention training for up to 30 individuals