Matt Holman Talks Mental Health

This special episode has been recorded to connect the Baton of Hope with the Holhuman 1,000,000 steps challenge taking place in September - October 2026. You can find out more: https://www.linkedin.com/company/holhuman/

In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Ellie about her personal experience of suicide loss, depression and creating a company to help bring awareness and support to mental health and suicide prevention.You can follow Ellie here: https://www.hellohope.uk/

In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Penny about her personal experience of supporting mental health challenges, understanding the changing landscape of mental health, and becoming a MHFA Instructor.

In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with John about his personal experience of mental health challenges, a diagnosis of ADHD, helping men talk about mental health and loneliness.You can follow John here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnstacey85/

In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Sophie about her personal experience of trauma, depression and making life changes to now help others through listening and providing hope. You can follow Sophie here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-bedford-rvn-certvnecc-842b576a/

In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Julia about her personal experience physical health challenges, and how she is sharing her experience to help raise awareness of her Stoma. You can find Julia on TikTok: @stomamum Or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-b-3170b9131/

In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Mark about his personal experience, story of mental health, and how he has taken the loss of both of his parents to cancer as his inspiration to help support others.Mark talks about supporting 2 amazing charities: St Michael's Hospice - https://www.stmichaelshospice.org.uk/ Victoria Promise - https://www.victoriaspromise.org/

In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Lara about her personal experience, story of mental health, suicide attempt and using her journey to help others. Lara was the host for the 2025 Baton of Hope event in Portsmouth, helping to bring together the community to talk and raise awareness of suicide.

In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk with Kris about his personal experience, story of mental health, and how his mum is his inspiration.Kris has launched a clothing brand and movement: Don't be a Can't. What is Don’t be a Can’t? Don’t be a can’t is an initiative to change the stigma around negative thoughts and supporting people into thinking more positively.You can find out more here: https://www.dontbac.co.uk/

In this episode I had the pleasure to sit down and talk about suicide training with Hannah Buckland and Julie Castleman of Junah- Growing Caring Communities. Junah offers clients a whole organisation approach to suicide prevention. You can find out more here:https://junah.co.uk/ The training supports workplaces and organisations to create mentally healthy environments that are safer from suicide. The training equips people with the skills to support a person having thoughts of suicide and to develop an understanding of the fundamental need for support after suicide within communities.