Ellie Hatto

Ellie is the founder of Beside Yourself CIC, a lived experience-led social enterprise representing the experiences, insights and needs of those impacted by suicide, having honest conversations and acting as an advocate and commentator on suicide bereavement, prevention and end of life choices, providing an important voice for this growing community.

She has been involved in various projects alongside public and private sector partners since 2017. Ellie has supported hundreds of people bereaved by suicide in her role as a trained volunteer peer support group facilitator for national charity Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide. She is co-founder of Voices – People with Living Experience of Suicide in Hampshire, UK, and non-executive director of Luna Foundation CIC. Ellie is a proud participant and supporter of the Orange Button Scheme and a Suicide First Aid trainer.

You can find Ellie on LinkedIn.

‘The spokesperson programme offers a unique opportunity to learn from the very best to achieve greater impact in opening up honest, overdue conversations around suicide, to create necessary change.’