This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Allow NOTES OF HOPE to stay on North Bridge in Halifax & other known bridges.
Halifax has a higher suicide rate than the national average & North Bridge is an area known for this. In August 2018, Bridge the Gap & members of the local community put NOTES OF HOPE on North Bridge. Locals have maintained the bridge since, but the council took the notes down.
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The notes have saved 21 lives, at least 1 in Halifax. That is their aim and this complies with the councils Suicide Prevention Plan 2017 - 2020 "for Calderdale to be a place where suicides are eliminated"
At least 4 people in 2018 took their lives on North Bridge. On 3 occasions there were no notes on the bridge. On the last occasion the council had removed them.
35 bridges have NOH; only Calderdale council have removed them.
They cost the local councils zero from the public purse.
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