Gemma Cayley-Smith who is raising money for a talking bench to honour her son who committed suicide.
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00:00 not just a bench. You know, a memorial bench would be amazing, just as people do for their
00:08 loved ones, because it means that there's a place to go and sit and think about them,
00:12 and also maybe share that with someone else. But the whole idea around the talking bench
00:17 was that it's created purposefully so that it tells you what it is, it tells you who
00:24 it's for and why. So it's a stark reminder of what happened to Tristan and what happens
00:34 when your mental health isn't in a healthy place. It's what happens when you don't talk.
00:41 I think obviously there is the element of Tristan's ADHD that's to contend with as well.
00:49 But it's something that will be positive in the community, so it's something that will
00:53 obviously support his friends, support his peers, the local community, anyone that reads
00:58 about it and wants to go and visit the bench and sit on it. It will support many people
01:02 for generations to come because these benches are guaranteed for a minimum of 25 years.