It was a pleasure to catch up with Craig who has set up Men Unite and one of their ambassadors, Port Vale FC player Cristian Montaño.
With over 10,000 members of their Facebook group and administrators all over the world, monitoring the page 24/7 to ensure those men who are struggling and need someone to talk to, can do, is the best of our community.
I also met with Nicola, a former teacher, from Active Resilience, who have an app/web page which can help people score their mental health and set goals to improve it.
We need to feel more confident to speak out and ask for help. I look forward to working with Men Unite and Cristian as I prepare to launch a campaign called “Working Class Disadvantage - Time to Turn the Tide”.
The campaign will focus on three specific areas:
ASPIRATION - high expectations and standards in education to improve results and therefore destinations for post 16 and 18.
OPPORTUNITY - high skilled and high wage jobs that can be accessed via quality apprenticeships.
HEALTH - improve physical and mental health.