South Shields mental health charity calls for more photos to include in fundraising calendar

A local charity is looking for local snappers to support a fundraising calendar.

A South Tyneside charity is looking for the public to help them in a fundraising effort.

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The Red Bench Project - Mill Dam

The Red Bench Project is asking for support from local snappers as they look to get enough images from the public for a charity calendar.

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The Red Bench Project - Mill Dam

A total of nine benches currently sit along waterside regions of the UK, including five spots in South Tyneside to raise awareness of suicide.

A call was first put out for photos of people at the benches in April to use in an upcoming 2027 calendar which will be sold to raise money for the charity.

Taking to social media, the charity said: ”We’d love to see you sitting on one of our benches, maybe your pets on a bench or just a great photo of our benches, we’ll leave that up to you. The best ones will feature on our new calendar.”

Photos can be submitted to the project’s social media pages.

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