BEDER BEANIE

Beder was a giant of a young man, with a witty sense of humour and infectious laugh, who was gentle, caring, and kind natured. He was incredibly intelligent, hard working and in love with anything related to aircraft, flying, computers and watches, amongst other things.

Beder was always surrounded by love and due to start university with a bright future ahead of him. However, he took the unexpected decision to take his own life at 18 in April 2017.

We will never know the exact reasons for his decision, which makes coming to terms with his choice incredibly hard to process for those fortunate enough to have crossed paths with him. However, we hope that Beder is in peace and free from the dark thoughts that clouded his frame of mind.

Everyone who had the chance to meet Beder will have memories, experiences and anecdotes to cherish and find their own ways of remembering their time with him to keep his memory alive.

As a family, we have taken the collective decision to start a charity in his name, Beder. Whilst we understand that is not possible to re-write history and have him with us today, we believe there is a silver lining that can be found from our darkest days.

Beder, as a charity, will work to increase awareness around mental health and suicide prevention in order to reduce the number of people suffering in silence and feeling that taking their own life is the only option.