After losing his brother-in-law at the age of 23 to suicide, UK rugby league player Luke Ambler took it upon himself to raise awareness for mens mental health. Most notably, Luke has created a club called "Andy's Man Club" where men can come together to chat about their lives and well-being. On top of that, Luke's also started a new social media campaign to spread the message further, where individuals are nominated by friends online to post a picture of themselves giving the the "okay" gesture and with the hashtag #itsoktotalk.
"He said: “Without any warning Andrew was taken away from all his family and friends by suicide. What is staggering is that 42 per cent of men aged 18 to 45 have considered suicide as an option.
“Then add to that, the single biggest killer of men under 45 is suicide. Around 4200 men, that’s one man every two hours, a year are taken from this world and their families by suicide, it is quite unbelievable that there isn’t that much awareness.
“What seems to be a big underlying problem for men is their inability to speak out about what is bothering them.”"
For more about the campaign click here:
http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2016-08-11/itsoktotalk-rugby-player-launches-male-mental-health-campaign/
http://video.bestthenews.com/video/itsoktotalk-brilliant-new-way-raising-awareness-male-suicide-get-involved-fri-08052016-2256
"He said: “Without any warning Andrew was taken away from all his family and friends by suicide. What is staggering is that 42 per cent of men aged 18 to 45 have considered suicide as an option.
“Then add to that, the single biggest killer of men under 45 is suicide. Around 4200 men, that’s one man every two hours, a year are taken from this world and their families by suicide, it is quite unbelievable that there isn’t that much awareness.
“What seems to be a big underlying problem for men is their inability to speak out about what is bothering them.”"
For more about the campaign click here:
http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2016-08-11/itsoktotalk-rugby-player-launches-male-mental-health-campaign/
http://video.bestthenews.com/video/itsoktotalk-brilliant-new-way-raising-awareness-male-suicide-get-involved-fri-08052016-2256
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