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GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF DEPRESSION
BY CREATING SAFE SPACES AND A SENSE OF BELONGING IN COMMUNITIES, TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
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Friendship Bench® provides sustainable community based psychological interventions that are evidence based, accessible and scalable.
OUR MISSION
To get people out of depression.
OUR VISION
A Friendship Bench within walking distance for all.
OUR VALUES
Empathy & Connection
Anchored in Research
Featured on PBS NewsHour
The Friendship Bench Documentary
3 000
COMMUNITY
HEALTH
WORKERS
TRAINED
624 000
CLIENTS SEEN ON THE FRIENDSHIP BENCH
739
ACTIVE CKT PEER LED SUPPORT GROUPS
10
COUNTRIES WHERE FRIENDSHIP BENCH HAS BEEN REPLICATED
78%
REDUCTION IN DEPRESSION & SUICIDE IDEATION
60%
IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY OF LIFE
GLOBAL IMPACT TO DATE
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Help bring a Friendship Bench within walking distance in your community. To donate in other forms please contact support@friendshipbench.org.
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