Beder

Our work in suicide prevention

Beder organises a range of events and initiatives, both in-person and digitally, across education, wellness and recreation that brings people together who share similar interests and through these similar interests, Beder has the chance to softly raise awareness around mental health and suicide prevention with the aim of increasing understanding and reducing fear around the topics of mental health and suicide in order to overcome the fear and stigma surrounding the incredibly important, yet underestimated issues.

Beder was founded in memory of Beder Mirjan by his older brother, Razzak Mirjan, in 2019. As a family, we took the collective decision to start a charity in his name because we understand that it is not possible to rewrite history and have him with us today, but we believe that there are positives that can be found from our darkest days.

Our current priorities

Our current priority is to softly raise awareness around the topics of mental health and suicide prevention.

Beder has partnered with YoungMinds and Samaritans. The aims of these partnerships are to harness the specialist knowledge of YoungMinds and Samaritans, as well as to promote and further both charities’ incredible work. We support our partners through promoting their existing efforts and resources.

Our current challenges

We are facing a struggle against challenging the fear and stigma that surrounds both mental health and suicide. We want to help people feel that they can talk about someone who has taken their own life. We also want people to know what to say when someone brings up their name in conversation.

It is understandable that people can feel awkward and afraid to talk about suicide. But, as we continue to mention their name or talk about the good times that we shared, we give others the strength to share what is on their mind. This helps to normalise the conversation around mental health and suicide.