Chloe
Didn't get to celebrate her 21st birthday
My sister Chloe didn't get to celebrate her 21st birthday. She took her own life when she was 20.
We were two years and two days apart, so birthdays were always a massive thing in my family because our birthday was essentially a whole week. It was the most fun because you really felt like your birthday was this huge thing and you got to celebrate with your best friend. It’s really sad now when you celebrate a birthday that you once would have celebrated with someone else and they're no longer there.
I wish I had known then what I do now, because I do think that I would've been able to understand and help Chloe more. Doing campaigns like this will allow families to support the ones they love in the best way they can because that's what everyone wants. We want to be the supportive one in our loved ones lives so that they can turn to and speak to and get advice from and I think, had we known that then we may never have lost Chloe. Sadly it’s too late for us but that doesnt mean its too late for someone else.
I think this campaign will stop people even for a minute to read or listen or look at the impact of loss and of suicide, and hopefully give that person that may have those feelings, the minute that they need to get help, speak to their family, contact someone that can help them in the time that they really need it.