Charlie Waller Trust

Who was Charlie Waller?

In September 1997, a bright young man named Charlie ended his life through suicide at the age of 28. He was suffering from depression and felt he could no longer cope with life. Shortly after this tragic event, his family founded The Charlie Waller Trust.

What is the Charlie Waller Trust?

The aims of the Charlie Waller Trust (CWT) are to:

• increase public awareness of the nature, symptoms and dangers of depression
• reduce the stigma attached to mental illness
• encourage those who may be depressed to seek help
• alert friends, families and employers to the risks posed by depression and to enable them to identify the symptoms
• train GP’s, practice nurses and primary health care workers in successful methods of diagnosis and treatment

If you would like to fundraise for CWT – please do get in touch.

Matthew Wood

Matthew (Matt) was 26 when, in July 2004, he took his own life. To his family and friends, this was a total shock, as no one had any idea how depressed he was. Over 400 people attended his funeral, at least half of whom were his generation.

Matt was truly loved by so many, always appearing happy and forever helpful and kind to everyone he met. He was working at two jobs – the family’s mail order business, which he had made most successful, and part time as an environmentalist with a young firm, a position which was to become permanent later in the year. He had a good degree from St Peters College, Oxford, and was a success in all he did in work, sport and play. He had a brilliant mind and was an inventor in his spare time, with inventions ranging from wind turbines to DVT-prevention chairs for passenger aircraft.

Matt had just returned from a holiday in Africa with three close friends. He was on anti-malarial drugs and the coroner at his inquest, although unable to be certain, placed much of the blame for Matthew’s state of mind at the time of his death on these drugs, condemning the fact that they are available over the counter and urging all who take them to discuss matters with their GP.

Following Matt’s death, his family heard of the Charlie Waller Trust and decided to support it with funds raised in Matt’s name. Matt’s cousin, Peter Hughes, completed the New York Marathon (with a broken leg!) and raised nearly £20,000 for this website.

The Matthew Elvidge Trust

More recently, the Matthew Elvidge Trust – thematthewelvidgetrust.com – has also made a donation, in memory of their son Matthew, to support the redevelopment of the Students Against Depression website, for which The Charlie Waller Trust is very grateful.

Student Minds is a leading UK mental health charity focusing on the mental health needs of students. They empower students and members of the university community to look after their own mental health, ​support others and create change.  ​Together they aim to transform the state of student mental health so that all in higher education can thrive: Student Minds

Terms and Conditions of Use

Access to and use of the Students Against Depression website is provided by the Charlie Waller Trust subject to the following terms and conditions:

Liability and disclaimer
The Charlie Waller Trust presents the information on this site in good faith, but each site user must take responsibility for deciding whether and how the information is relevant for them personally.

The Charlie Waller Trust is not a medical organisation and provides information rather than advice. Nothing on this website should be construed as the giving of advice or the making of a recommendation and it should not be relied on as the basis for any decision or action. It is important that you rely only on the advice of a health care professional to advise you on your specific situation.

The Charlie Waller Trust will endeavour to take reasonable steps to ensure that the content of this website is accurate and up to date but accepts no liability for any failure, whether negligent or otherwise, to do this.

This website may link you to other websites on the internet. The Charlie Waller Trust cannot take responsibility for information found on third-party websites outside its control. While the Charlie Waller Trust attempts to provide links only to third-party websites that are considered appropriate, please understand that the content on these third-party websites is subject to change without notice to the Charlie Waller Trust. We therefore cannot be responsible or accept no liability for the content of any third-party website.

Copyright
The Charlie Waller Trust Ltd hereby authorises you to copy materials published by it on this website for non-commercial use only, provided any copy of these materials which you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices and any disclaimer contained thereon and on this website.

Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any licence or any right under any the Charlie Waller Trust copyright.

All rights reserved. All materials are copyright © Charlie Waller Trust. It is acknowledged that intellectual property right, title and interest in the presentation concept, text and cartoon graphic contents of this site are retained by Denise Meyer.

In addition to the main graphical images, student photos, and logo, which are mostly original and copyright to the Charlie Waller Trust or bought under licence, some additional images may on occasion be used on the site. These may have been obtained from a range of sources and it will not always have been possible to check the ownership or copyright status of such work. If any graphical element on the Students Against Depression website is in breach of any local or international copyright laws, the Charlie Waller Trust will upon request and verification of ownership, remove such content.

Jurisdiction
Any claims brought against the Charlie Waller Trust or their servants or agents arising out of or in any way connected with access to or use of this website or the information provided in this website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.