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About Jonathan's Voice

Jonathan's Voice

Strategic aims, direction and future planning

To increase the understanding of mental health and suicide risk for the purposes of reducing stigma and empowering individuals to speak about mental health, including knowing how to respond.

To educate organisations, especially in the professional environment, for the purpose of encouraging them to create the right support structures, policies and practice to support employees with mental health and well-being.

To support research into suicide. The research explores male suicide, specifically the cultural and social factors that put men at risk of suicidal despair and the factors that can aid men to recover a meaningful life.

Our work – an overview

  • Jonathan, in whose name the charity was founded was a patent attorney. We therefore have a particular focus on the staff working in the intellectual property sector and associated professions.

  • We work alongside professional institutions, individual firms and CIPA (Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys), CITMA (Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys) and IP (Intellectual Property) Inclusive to help develop mentally healthy workplaces where all may thrive.

  • We also are pleased to respond to invitations to talk to community groups about mental health and wellbeing to increase awareness.

  • As a charity all we offer is free at the point of delivery but we depend on donations and fund raising to be sustainable.

Jonathan’s Voice seeks to increase awareness of the need to protect mental health, understand suicide risk, reduce stigma, empower individuals to speak about their mental health and give individuals confidence in responding.

RAISING AWARENESS

Talks and promotional stands at conferences

Using social media to promote what we do and keep the conversation about mental health going

Interviews, magazine articles and podcasts

Blogs on our Website

Newsletters

EDUCATION

Online webinars delivered on a range of relevant topics

Bespoke online and in-person training for various groups including line managers; junior attorneys and paralegals

A range of downloadable and online guides

RESEARCH

Support research into the prevention of male suicide

Translating research outcomes into practice-based settings

MOVING FORWARD

Focus training on particular groups within the IP Profession e.g. line managers; junior attorneys and paralegals

Expand our reach within IP

Jonathan's Voice (jonathansvoice.org.uk)

Evidence-informed, inclusive training, resources developed and delivered by specialists in the mental health field, free at the point of delivery supported by corporate sponsorships, donations from training and fundraising.

Strategic vision

To be reviewed in June 2029:

Be recognised as the go-to trainer of choice for promoting good mental health in IP

Regularly produce relevant resources targeted at IP using a range of media

Support and contribute financially to research projects or resources focused on male suicide

Continue to maintain the robust systems in place to ensure effective continuity. Secure fundraising and donations that are sufficent to keep the charity sustainable

KPIs:

How we will know we have achieved this?

  • 25% increase of organsitions approaching us for training delivery year on year
  • More requests from international/overseas IP firms
  • Have a presence at every CIPA and CITMA event or conference each year
  • Participate in podcasts and contribute to professional journals
  • At least one resource produced or revised each year responsive to need
  • Current guides and core training slides continually refreshed
  • At least 3 new webinars a year produced reponsive to the current climate
  • Have a suite of video clips and podcasts episodes on our website
  • A research project or form of support, focused on male suicide
  • Easy to access robust processes and systems in place covering all areas of activity
  • Sufficient funds and donations recieved to cover running costs with enough of a buffer to ensure robust sustainability