In this episode Grace from the Welfare team discusses Mental Health Matter with a fellow pioneer of mental health. Fran works for international law firms as well as large corporate clients. Her experience involves driving a culture of change and building bespoke solutions for clients. She does this through understanding the behaviours, needs and learning methods of the people within and clients of each organisation before implementing any change.

She is an ally in the corporate world to increase aware­ness around well­be­ing and mental health through storytelling. She champions the impor­tance of emo­tion­al open­ness and bring­ing our whole selves to work and the important role of leaders to achieve this.

She is a co-trustee of ‘The Ben Raemers Foundation’, in memory of her 28 year old cousin and professional skateboarder, Ben Raemers, who took his own life in May 2019. The foundation aims to support and actively encourage positive wellbeing and suicide prevention within the wider skateboarding community and across the world. She also has lived experience of the suicide ripple effect. She is a certified person listener at The Listening Place, a charity that offers free on going face-to-face support for people with chronic suicidal feelings who no longer want to live.

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