More Than Awareness.
A Reason To Talk.
Your Light Matters is a community-led organisation creating meaningful conversations around suicide prevention and mental health.
Through public events, community talks, coaching and awareness campaigns, we help make difficult conversations easier to begin and encourage people to seek the right support earlier.
We are not a crisis service, helpline or replacement for professional mental-health care.
Suicide Prevention Talks
That Start Real Conversations
Delivered by Joey, founder of Your Light Matters, these talks combine lived experience, frontline policing experience and specialist training to create honest, practical conversations around suicide prevention and mental health.
Designed for schools, universities, workplaces and community organisations, each session helps people better understand the warning signs, challenge stigma and feel more confident starting difficult conversations.
Educational and awareness-based. Not therapy, counselling or crisis intervention.
Help Keep The Conversation Going
Your support helps Your Light Matters deliver suicide-prevention talks, community awareness events and educational campaigns that encourage earlier, more honest conversations around mental health.
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Your contribution funds community talks, awareness events and educational campaigns.
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Contributions support the work and operating activities of Your Light Matters CIC.
Joey Jones
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Founder of Your Light Matters
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Former Police Officer
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Suicide Survivor
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Creator of the 4300 Lights Event
Meet The Founder
Lived EXPERIENCE. Frontline INSIGHT. A Mission for CHANGE.
Joey founded Your Light Matters after experiencing his own suicidal crisis and seeing first-hand how difficult it can be for people to speak openly about their mental health.
Following a career in policing, he completed specialist training in mental health, suicide prevention and coaching. He now combines lived experience, frontline insight and professional development to deliver honest conversations that challenge stigma and encourage earlier action.
In Stanley Park, Joey brought that mission to life through a public installation of 4,300 lights, each representing a man lost to suicide. The event created a powerful space for remembrance, reflection and community conversation.
His work is not crisis intervention. It is about helping schools, workplaces and communities recognise concerns, start difficult conversations and direct people towards appropriate support.
Because meaningful change begins when silence ends.
The Change We Want To See
Suicide prevention starts long before a crisis. It begins when people feel able to speak, others feel confident enough to listen, and communities know where to find appropriate support.
Break The Silence
Challenge stigma and make honest conversations about suicide and mental health easier to begin.
Build Confidence
Help people recognise concerning changes, respond with empathy and feel more prepared to start difficult conversations.
Encourage Earlier Action
Promote earlier access to appropriate professional, community and crisis support before someone reaches breaking point.
Find the Right Support
Your Light Matters is not a crisis or emergency service. The organisations below provide specialist listening, information, therapy and access to mental-health support for those who need help beyond the work we provide.
Samaritans
Samaritans offer free confidential, judgement free listening to anyone who is struggling. Call 116 123 free, at any time of day or night, to speak with a trained volunteer about any problems you are facing.
