Overview
- Prince William opened James' Place Birmingham on Monday during Mental Health Awareness Week, marking the charity’s fourth dedicated centre.
- Therapists offer quick assessments within two working days followed by six to eight face‑to‑face sessions in a calm, non‑clinical setting.
- The centre provides free therapy to men in suicidal crisis across the West Midlands, accepts self‑referrals or professional referrals, and can see about 450 to 500 men each year.
- The Prince urged more open talk about suicide and earlier intervention to reduce deaths, reinforcing his long‑running focus on male mental health.
- The charity is a founding partner of a Royal Foundation‑led National Suicide Prevention Network and is piloting satellite services in the North East and North West after supporting more than 5,100 men.