Town leads way to help mental health sufferers

Sixty people are now trained up in first aid

- By Post & Times reporter

SIXTY people in a town are now trained to help people suffering from a mental health crisis.

They rose to a challenge laid down by councillor and mental health awareness campaigner Adam Parkes.

Now he says Biddulph’s work could be a blueprint for the rest of the UK.

Each year about one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health condition. Anyone can be affected, at any point in their lives.

Adam, who was recently elected as chairman of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, has vowed to support people facing mental health issues across the Midlands for many years.

His company, Parkes Education works primarily in schools as Adam is formerly a head teacher, while community interest company Taking Off The Mask helps to fight the stigma people with mental health issues can face.