The charity

The Lions Barber Collective is a charity and international collection of top barbers which have come together to help raise awareness for the prevention of suicide, reduce stigma and most importantly save lives!

After losing a friend to suicide, Tom Chapman decided to do something about the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK. Watch his TEDx Talk to discover the story:

Barbers are in a unique position to help their clients, through the trust and bond they build with them. An incredibly strong relationship can grow where clients become friends and can share aspects of their lives. They then walk out the barber shop and leave it behind, knowing it goes no further because of client confidentiality.

That is why we The Lions Barber Collective are training barbers with the tools to help their clients with their mental health. Our aim currently is to train over 13,000 more barbers to reach 2.2 million people every week in the UK. We have already proved that lives can be saved… just imagine how many more could be saved.

To continue to do so, The Lions need donations and fundraising. Without this, we cannot survive and our work will stop before we reach the vision of a world free from suicide.

Locate a Lion

This will show the location of those who support the Mental Wellbeing work of The Lions Barber Collective, have completed our BarberTalk or BarberTalk Lite training and or hold monthly Lions Dens drop-in support groups in their barbershops.