I am the 61-year-old founder of Aquarius Mental Health Solutions, which I set up in 2019 after 40 years in the print industry.

 Stressed at being employed in a ‘difficult’ working environment (until being made redundant on my 59th birthday), I decided to follow my passion of ‘Mental Health’ and educate myself to educate others in the subject which is in my heart, and had sometimes ruled my head since having a minor stroke in May 2009.

I am now a trained Suicide First Aider, and a qualified Instructor & Assessor, delivering regulated Mental Health courses and bespoke presentations into schools, to students and teachers, in my quest to implement early intervention and subsequent prevention of self-harm and suicide.

For DIMH 2021, I have replaced ‘Innovation’ with ‘Intimidation’ to look at the effects of our digital world when inappropriately used on our everyday electronic devices.