A man from the Wirral quit his job in the police after 17 years as an officer when he discovered a shocking lack of men's mental health services in the borough.
Phil Roberts, 52, left Merseyside Police in 2020 to create a unique service for men's mental health in the region. JourneyMEN, the charity he set up with co-founder Leon Choi, has now worked with over 500 men in the Wirral who are struggling with their mental health by providing services such as counselling.
Towards the end of his career as a police officer, Phil worked as part of a joint operation between the council and police force that would visit and help families struggling, financially, physically, or even legally. During that time he witnessed many people, mainly men, ending up in court from problems that essentially boiled down to their mental health and other related factors, such as loneliness or financial desperation.
