Cameron took his own life in November 2014 aged just 21. He suffered from depression for seven years before he died but managed to hide this from us and everyone who knew him. He seemed very happy at university. Outwardly he was always smiling and was always the one who was there to cheer everyone else up.
To mark Cameron’s life, his family established the Cameron Grant Memorial Trust in his name. The Trust is registered with the Charity Commission, Number 1167221.
Poor Mental Health can affect anyone and there is no shame in having an illness, physical or mental and seeking help for it. As a Trust we hope that by spreading this message openly and honestly it will help many others in Cameron’s memory. Cameron's family miss him an unbelievable amount and so wish that he had asked for help.
One of the objectives of the Trust is to urge all who are suffering in silence to speak up and ask for help. We do this by creating “signposts” with help information. Our signposts might be the drinks mats we call Cameron’s Coasters, business cards, wellbeing postcards or any other physical item on which we can print help information.
We customise our signposts so that they have the help information most important for the setting where they are used.
We have to date produced over 1.4 million Coasters and more than 230,000 postcards and business cards. They are in use across the UK.
We also make small grants to support mental health innovation and to other mental health charities. In 2024 we we made two grants totalling £23,000 to provide counselling support for young people in Solihull and Birmingham.
All this work is only possible through fundraising, and we are very grateful to all who have supported us with fundraising and donations.