We want to clearly set out the full timeline of activity to date as we continue to drive this campaign forward across Northern Ireland.
We have been busy and with your support, it has spurred us on to keep pushing this message forward across Northern Ireland.
20 November 2025 – NISRA released suicide statistics confirming 290 lives lost
➡️ We launched our petition and campaign at Stormont
Campaign video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRRqZXGjN7u/?igsh=MWszdXl4ZTVhNjRmNQ==
UTV News segment: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRUET7Kjb7R/?igsh=d3Y0Y3lvYXdzczB
🔹 19 January 2026 – Statement issued ahead of the All-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTr8PwFFvRt/?igsh=MTByZjV2YXFuaG1iZw==
🔹 21 January 2026 – Statement issued following the All-Party Group – “Executive fails families”
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTxFw5DjFF1/?igsh=eHkwYTg0NjV6Zzd6
🔹 26 January 2026 – Letter issued to all 90 MLAs
➡️ Only 16% of the Mental Health Strategy funded
➡️ 4 responses received to date
🔹 27 January 2026 – Statement calling for immediate action, not delay
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUAqTx-D5Cy/?igsh=cDlieTVmMW9yNHRi
🔹 30 January 2026 – Letter issued to the APG Chair
➡️ Process must not delay action. Lives cannot wait.
🔹 10 February 2026 – Press statement calling for urgent leadership, action, and investment
🔹 February 2026 – Joint statement calling for urgent funding
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUkm6-kDiOB/?img_index=1&igsh=MXRsaWtraGEzMHY5dQ==
🔹 16 February 2026 – Statement following additional funding announcement
https://www.instagram.com/p/DU0rJqtidqL/?igsh=eGZ2emtlZTd1eWRl
🔹 20 February 2026 – “Let’s Talk Facts” statement
https://www.instagram.com/p/DU-sJzSjWks/?igsh=czAzMDJkZHZrMTlm
🔹 9 March 2026 – Major campaign escalation
➡️ Press release on leadership gaps and delays
➡️ Letters issued to First Minister & deputy First Minister and Minister of Health
https://www.instagram.com/p/DVqXIQWmr2B/?igsh=Z2g4N3BraGQwZDh0
🔹 12 March 2026 – Stormont campaign action
➡️ Over 6,500 voices represented
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVypLiSjI57/?igsh=MTI4N2twY3M2ZW5zdA==
🔹 13 March 2026 – Welcomed Rural Support NI to the campaign
https://www.instagram.com/p/DV0hVm8DI3w/?igsh=MWR1cWVlazYyMzY5OQ==
🔹 16 March 2026 – Joint press release
➡️ “Meetings without funding will not fix mental health”
🔹 20 March 2026 – Social media post reinforcing this message
https://www.instagram.com/p/DWG6WN_jqft/?igsh=MWRkOHpiNWtscWJ2Zg==
🔹 30 March 2026 – Response received from the Minister of Health
➡️ Engagement acknowledged – action now required
🔹 31 March 2026 – Campaign taken to Enniskillen
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWjUjLQDCeW/?igsh=MXRwb3RiMDA2MTAxNQ==
📢 Our message remains unchanged:
290 lives lost is not acceptable
16% funding is not enough
Delay is costing lives
This campaign will continue until the action needed to protect lives is delivered.
Thank you for standing with us. 💛
#ChangeForGood #NorthernIreland #SuicidePrevention #PIPSCharity