In the first episode of this podcast, we meet Lewis Wedlock.

Lewis is an activist, academic and social psychologist. His work centres around exploring and challenging structures that limit pathways to expressing ourselves.

He is currently one of the UK's youngest lecturers and one of the West of England's most influential people under the age of 30.

We talk about mental wellbeing and diversity in young people at school. And we explore wellbeing at university age. Listen for great tips on finding a mentor and how to have more meaningful conversations with young people around you.

In the show, we reference some great resources:

Lewis' TEDxBrighton talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/lewis_wedlock_the_crisis_of_masculinity?language=en

Lewis' new podcast, Mendable: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UkMQm9hrcVlcrjolXsQal?si=yy-MY9UIR2G1iIwAfobSjw

Black Bristol:

www.blackbristol.com

Project Childhood:

https://www.blackbristol.com/childhood

We also note some facts and stats - you can find those here:

Office for National Statistics reference: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2021registrations

Mind waiting list reference: https://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/mind-responds-to-uk-government-nhs-elective-recovery-plan/

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