Kate Miles's Contact Details

Kate Miles's Company Details

The DPJ Foundation

, Wales, United Kingdom • 8 Employees
Civic & Social Organization

The DPJ Foundation was set up in July 2016 following the death of Daniel Picton-Jones. Daniel's suicide rocked the community, his wife Emma realised very quickly the lack of support that was available for those suffering with poor mental health in rural communities. Emma has used Daniel as a basis for everything the foundation has gone forward to do and in his name The DPJ Foundation is using Daniel's story to help others.There are three main strands to our service: 1. Support through specific local counselling & talking to someone who understands; 2. Awareness through social media discussing mental health; and 3. Mental Health Awareness we offer a bespoke training package to help.Share the Load is our 24/7 counselling referral service which operates specifically for those who work in agriculture and is available in English and Welsh. This was set up because of the long waiting times associated with counselling and the difficulty in accessing support. We have over 30 Samaritan trained volunteers who run the call line and text service. To date, we have supported over 170 farmers across Wales. We provide the amount of sessions needed for the individual – this is not limited. We use all social media and event talks to spread awareness and get people talking about mental health. With over 9000 followers on Facebook and nearly 2000 on Twitter and Instagram. We find it the quickest and most effective way to communicate our daily messages of support and information regarding mental health. Through TV and our face-to-face event talks, our message has been spread to over 14 million people to date!The idea around mental health awareness and first aid is to give the community the ability to support each other and be confident in spotting the signs of poor mental health and signposting onwards.We provide Mental Health First Aid Training or Mental Health Awareness – a bespoke training package. Registered Charity Number: 1173063