The club has trained its physio in the hope it will encourage men to speak out about mental health.
Geraint was a keen sportsman, a good footballer and rugby player, who previously worked with the charity Street Football Wales, she said.Geraint Edwards set up the first valleys league with Street Football Wales in 2012 and travelled to Mexico for the Homeless World Cup
She added: "So, he'd ring and say, 'Mam, you OK? You're not going to do anything silly now', but all along he was hiding his own feelings." "At Abercrave, we lost two people in the second team to suicide during the pandemic, including Geraint," he said. "Since then, seven of them have been in touch to say they were struggling, some with depression and anxiety, some with PTSD. I've been able to signpost them towards getting help. I also intervened when someone was considering suicide.""I want us to normalise speaking about mental health as we do talking about rugby injuries," says Gareth Brookes"I've experienced anxiety and depression myself.
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