Silcock works as a mental health champion and said that simple conversations can have a big impact:
“Sometimes applying a little logic to things when somebody sees something as being quite a disastrous event and just breaking it down into little pieces and working out what the actual issue is may save somebody”.
Many of the people who contributed to the project knew Theo from dog walking in Tetbury and the bench is being installed in a location he frequently visited on his walks.
“Its just somewhere where people can go, sit and reflect, or speak with somebody,” said Silcock.
Part of the bench has also been made by volunteers at Tetbury Men’s Shed and has been painted in Theo’s favourite colours.
“There was a lot of people that felt a connection to him [Theo],” said Colin Cunningham, who had a close friendship with Theo.
“[His passing] shook a lot of people in Tetbury up because a lot of people would know him in some sort of capacity and what brought us together was the need to do something,” he added.