**Trigger warning - this episode contains conversations about suicide**

Episode 71

 Failure is an event, not a person.

 Over the past decade the male grooming industry has seen a seismic shift in its public perception. As fashionable barber shops become regular haunts of men looking to get the neatest fade, and the closest shave, a quiet revolution has been taking place in the leather bound chairs that adorn the glass fronted barber shops across the world. 

The Lions Barber Collective was founded by hairdresser and barber Tom Chapman following the suicide of a close friend. The Lions Barber Collective is an international collection of top barbers who have come together to help raise awareness for the prevention of suicide. Tom and his team are now partnered with Barber Shops in over a dozen countries, helping to provide safe spaces for men to talk about their mental health. 

We talk to Tom about why he started Lions Barber Collective, and the work that they do. We also ask Tom about his thoughts on the changing face of masculinity, and what that means for male mental health. 

If you want to learn more about The Lions Barber Collective, head to their website https://www.thelionsbarbercollective.com/

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If you have been affected by any of the themes discussed in today's episode, we have listed some organisations below who are there if you need to talk:

Samaritans 

Call 116 132 for free

https://www.samaritans.org/

Papyrus UK

Call 0800 068 41 41

Papyrus Website

CALM ZONE

0800 58 58 58

https://www.thecalmzone.net/help/helpline/

MIND

0300 123 3393

https://www.mind.org.uk/

The Kaleidoscope Plus Group

0800 059 0123

https://www.kaleidoscopeplus.org.uk/