About Us

ABOUT US

Turning negative experiences into positive outcomes

“Man On!” is a suicide prevention & wellbeing charity for the adults & young people of Inverclyde & beyond.

OUR STORY

At the beginning of lockdown due to COVID19, CEO & founder Chris Paul saw an even greater need for suicide prevention support in Inverclyde. After his own personal experiences with close family members and friends struggling greatly with their mental health and feeling suicidal, Chris began to run online zoom calls. The turn out for these online video calls were greater than imagined, and after just a few weeks it was clear that there was a serious need for genuine lived experience connections and easy to access services for those feeling like they had nowhere else to turn to. It was from here that Man On Inverclyde began to expand and became an official charity in 2020.

The name ‘Man On’ comes from the football term, used to warn team mates with the ball, the presence of an opposing player behind them. Founder and CEO Chris, chose this name as we want the community to feel like we will always have their back when they feel ‘under attack’ by their mental health.

300

Members

30

Suicide Interventions

24

Lived-Experience Volunteers

Awards & Nominations

  • Mental Health Award (Inverclyde Health and Social Care Awards 2020)
  • Outstanding Achievement Award (Inverclyde Health and Social Care Awards 2020)
  • Inspiring Community Organisation (2020)
  • S1 Jobs – Best Charity Employer Finalist (2022)
  • Daily Record – Best Charity Finalist (2021)

Our team

Meet our Team

Chris Paul

Chris was born and raised in Inverclyde, is a father of three and is very passionate about improving lives within our community. Chris has worked in communities since 2008 with young people, families and adults across the public and third sector and bring this experience into the role.

Chris has his own lived experience of the youth justice system, childhood adversity and addiction. He has achieved a BA Community Education, SVQ4 Leadership in Children and Young Person’s Services, HNC and SVQ3 in Social Care. Chris is a safeTALK trainer and ASIST trained (suicide prevention).

Founder and CEO

Chris Paul

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Sam Magee

Born and raised in inverclyde. Father of two and passionate about making inverclyde a suicide safer community.

Sam has lived experience with ptsd and trauma through his time with the armed forces. After his friends suicided, Sam started his journey with Man On Inverclyde and now has many qualifications such as: COSCA Counselling skills qualifications, safeTALK trainer and ASIST trained (suicide prevention), as well as beginning BA Community Education course.

Lead Practitioner - Adult Services

Sam Magee

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Peter Canevale

Peter currently runs our support sessions for our school partnerships as we continue to support the young adults of Inverclyde. He is passionate about being the positive role model he needed when he was younger, to the pupils we are lucky to currently work with.

Peter has his own lived experience of addiction and mental health conditions and has recently completed COSCA training and is a qualified safeTALK trainer. Peter is also starting his HNC in social care.

Wellbeing Worker - Young Person's Services

Peter Canevale

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Stacey Caldwell

Stacey is a Mum of two and has lived in Inverclyde her whole life.

Stacey has her own lived experience and is passionate about giving back to the local community. She has a Degree in Human Resources, SVQ5s in Psychology, Criminal Psychology and Criminology and has also just completed Suicide Intervention /Prevention and Mental Health First Aid and Advocacy in the Workplace.

Business Operations Lead

Stacey Caldwell

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Mark Percival

Mark is a father of 2 & has always lived in Inverclyde.

Mark started at Man On as he wants to help continue to support anyone struggling at any point in their life, by using his lived experience and safeTALK training.

Wellbeing Worker - Young Person's Services

Mark Percival

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