As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, participants of Red Neighbours’ walking football programme have spoken about their experiences of mental health.
Tommy Knox, 71, from Walton, joined the walking football team last year and has already felt a positive impact on his life.
Tommy, what’s been your experience of mental health?
“Well, I lost the wife after 40-odd years and you know, that’s when I felt the depression. When you get to my age you lose all your friends because you’ve been with one person for so long and your family have all got their own lives.