{"id":244634,"date":"2025-07-07T06:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/244634\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T06:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:52:10","slug":"saltash-graveside-postbox-brilliant-for-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/244634\/","title":{"rendered":"Saltash graveside postbox &#8216;brilliant for mental health&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The postbox is emptied regularly by the town council and is near capacity on each collection day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The letters, cards, poems and drawings are not read but are composted and returned to the earth in the spirit of the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bullock added: &#8220;Whether used to express love, share memories, or simply maintain a sense of connection, the post box continues to be a valued feature for those navigating loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The continued use of the box is a reminder of the importance of small gestures in supporting emotional wellbeing and remembrance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Letters to Loved Ones concept was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-leicestershire-66868471\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inspired by 10-year-old Matilda<\/a>, who wanted to write to her grandparents after they died, so a white postbox was erected at Thorpe Road Cemetery in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A similar post box has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cp3lyyev4xyo\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">installed at Penmount Memorial Gardens in Truro, Cornwall<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The postbox is emptied regularly by the town council and is near capacity on each collection day. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[105,218,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-244634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114810633899765050","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}