More About Clarke Carlisle

Clarke Carlisle is a former award winning Premier League football star having made more than 500 appearances for nine different clubs.

A former Chairman of the Professional Footballers’ Association chairman Clarke was a well-known figure in football he came to the attention of the press and public after a high-profile suicide attempt, his second attempt. But it wasn’t the last – he would go on to attempt suicide five times. It soon became clear, this was the culmination of  a career and life blighted my mental health issues.

Alongside and following his football career he became involved with the media as a television presenter and author. His wife Carrie is a newspaper columnist, author and TV presenter.

Clarke and Carrie Carlisle make a great team, delivering powerful, emotional, educational and inspiring speeches by providing insight as to what it is like to live with a mental illness and what it is like to live with someone with a mental illness.

Clarke has recently been appointed Chair Elect of mental health charity MIND. Of the charity, he says, “We need open access to mental health services. We need to break up the system into crisis, recovery, wellness. Distinct parts that everybody understands. It’s a traffic light system, and if people know where they are then we can give a clearer understanding of the services that are needed at each point.”

In addition to keynote talks of varying lengths Clarke and Carrie Carlisle also provide mentoring and other mental health support services to individuals and organisations of various sizes.

Clarke Carlisle’s talk delivery is always targeted to meet you outcomes but talk topics include:

• Mental Health and Wellbeing

• Equality and Diversity

• Leadership Strategy

• Employee Motivation/Inspiration

• Barriers in Communication

Clarke Carlisle | Clients

ACAS, Adobe, AON, American Express, BAE, Bank of America, ASDA, BBC, Bosch, Close Brothers, CISCO, Credit Suisse, Disney, Ernst & Young, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ITN, Legal & General, Linklaters LLP, KPMG, M&S Bank, Northamptonshire NHS Trust, Sainsbury’s, Samaritans, Saracens RUFC, Schroders, Scottish Widows, SKY,UBS Wealth Management, Warner Music, and William Hill.

For confidential 24/7 support in the UK, call Samaritans on 116 123 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details.

Call +44 1753 439 289 or email Great British Speakers now to book mental health speakers Clarke Carlisle for your next mental health event or video.  Contact us.

Clarke and Carrie Carlisle are just two of our amazing Mental Health and Wellness Team at Great British Speakers