ACE Lived Experience

ACE Lived Experience UK delivers lived-experience presentations that promote mental health awareness and suicide prevention, helping businesses, schools and communities reduce stigma and encourage open conversations.

Founded after I lost my 24-year-old son, George, an Army veteran, to suicide in 2021, ACE Lived Experience UK has become a mission to save lives through education. As a one-person organisation, I have delivered my Turning Trauma into Triumph presentation to over 11,000 students and 700 adults, inspiring conversations that encourage people to seek support before reaching crisis.

My focus is to expand across the Humber by building partnerships with businesses, schools, councils, emergency services and the Armed Forces community. I also plan to introduce interactive workshops that provide practical wellbeing tools, encourage early intervention and support organisations in creating mentally healthier workplaces.

Becoming a Bondholder will help me build valuable relationships, open doors to new organisations and extend the reach of my mental health and suicide prevention work. It will also allow me to collaborate with like-minded organisations, share best practice, and contribute to a stronger Humber where mental wellbeing is recognised as an essential part of thriving workplaces and communities.