Sean’s Place is a family run organisation, established by Debbie Rogers in January 2020 after losing her brother Sean at just 34 years old after a long battle with mental health. Sean’s Place is based in Sefton, Bootle and provides free and immediate access to social and therapeutic support to men across Merseyside.
In February 2023 the Steve Morgan Foundation awarded Seans Place a £98,031 grant over three years. The grant has allowed them to double their team and counselling capacity, enhance delivery by employing a suicide prevention officer, and also improve social support offerings with the inception of walking groups, a Choir of Hope, Quiet Connections, movie nights, community engagement events and much more.
Since receiving the grant, Sean’s Place has also been recognised with The Pride of Sefton award and was runner up in the Volunteer of the Year 2024 category at the SMF awards. The charity has also been successful in securing further commissioning from the NHS of over £100,000 thanks to their ability to evidence how their intervention successfully keeps people safe from suicide as well as compliments the work of the NHS by filling the gaps they are unable to cover.
Key statistics and the impact of Sean’s Place
- In Sefton alone 76% of suicides in 2023, 2022 & 2021 were men
- Nationally, suicide is the biggest single cause of death of men under 35
- Since 2023, engagement with Sean’s Place has increased from 150 people per week to over 270 – over a quarter of these needing support for suicide ideation
- Over 2,200 men have been supported by Sean’s Place since being awarded the SMF grant
- 36 family members through the family support group
- 726 men have received support for experiencing suicidal thoughts through the Suicide Prevention officer
- Over 4,900 counselling sessions have been provided
- Over 1,700 social support sessions given
- Engaged with over 1,200 members of the community
Take a look here to learn more about the great work that Sean’s Place does and the reasons why they do what they do.