As part of the Premier League’s Inside Matters campaign, Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club highlighted the importance of speaking out about mental health by producing an emotional video featuring Reepa, a local grime and rap artist. The Inside Matters campaign is encouraging fans to check in on each other and kick off a conversation about mental health.

The purpose of the Wolves video was to raise awareness of suicide prevention and the importance of looking after your mental health. It shares the message that there is always someone to talk to and there’s always someone who will listen, and highlighted how important it is to open up.  In the video, Reepa stands outside Molineux on a matchday, wearing a Wolves scarf as a blindfold, holding up a placard highlighting statistics around suicide and offering a hug and a chat. Reepa is approached by several fans, who hug and talk about the mental health struggles that they or someone close to them have faced.

The reaction to the video has been extraordinary with millions of views across all social media platform, with many people responding to the video by opening up about their own mental health struggles.

You can watch the video HERE

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