Suicide Prevention Awareness
Join us to remember those we have lost to suicide, raise awareness, and encourage and empower people in Somerset to take action to prevent suicide.
Taunton
Walk for a Life start time: 10.30am
Quaker Meeting House, 13 Bath Place, Taunton TA1 4EP.
Shepton Mallet
Walk for a Life start time: 5.30pm
Shepton Mallet Library, 2 Market Place, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5AZ.
SIGNS FOR ON THE DAY
Walk for a Life
Suicide can affect every one of us, and every life lost to suicide is a tragedy. By raising awareness, reducing the stigma & encouraging action we can help to reduce the number of lives lost to suicide in Somerset. This is the third year of the Walk for a Life event for World Suicide Prevention Day, the aim is to raise awareness of suicide, remember those that have died by suicide and empower local people to take action to prevent suicide.
Join us for our first Walk for a Life event in Shepton Mallet this year.
Taunton
Saturday 5th September 2026.
You are welcome to arrive at the venue anytime from 10.00am, we will have signs and pens for those attending to write the name of a loved one or their reasons for walking today. We will gather together at 10.30am for a short welcome speech and then will set off on the walk.
The walk follows a wheelchair and pushchair friendly route through Taunton. View a route map.
Shepton Mallet
Thursday 17th September 2026.
Join us for our first Walk for a Life event in Shepton Mallet.
The walk starts at from Shepton Mallet Library at 5.30pm, 2 Market Place, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5AZ, following a wheelchair/pushchair friendly loop around Collett Park.
Re-join us at Shepton Mallet Library, 6.30pm – 8.30pm, post walk to enjoy refreshments and an opportunity to connect and reflect.
