R;pple Suicide Prevention was founded by Alice Hendy. Alice lost her only sibling, Josh, on 25th November 2020 to suicide at 21 years old. Josh had been researching techniques to take his own life via harmful internet searches.
With a background in cyber technology and security, Alice saw an opportunity to intercept this harmful content and set up R;pple Suicide Prevention to ensure more help and support is given to individuals searching for harmful content online.
We first met R;pple Suicide Prevention when they applied for our Grants for Good programme. In addition to their £3,500 grant to help the charity grow, we funded a film to help them share their story.