Symbol of hope arrives in Leeds to spread suicide prevention message

The Baton of Hope suicide prevention tour arrived in Leeds yesterday.

- by Harriet Sutton

Cheered on by onlookers, the baton travelled across the city, carried by 84 baton bearers, all bereaved or affected by suicide.

The national Baton of Hope tour is calling at 20 places across the UK over two months to raise awareness of suicide and spread the message of hope, with Leeds City Council - together with mental health charities including Touchstone and Leeds Mind - organising our city's leg.

It set off from Bramley then went through Armley, New Wortley and Holbeck before reaching Millennium Square.

Then it went east, past St James's Hospital, through Wykebeck and into Gipton.