Lighthouse offers mental health support to construction industry

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A mental health charity says it is seeing a 'record number' of calls from construction workers.

Construction workers are being encouraged to open up about their struggles after a charity declared a mental health crisis within the building industry.

"It's a real, real shame as there are so many guys who are literally ticking timebombs," said Stu Burman, from Gorleston-on-Sea and founder of the Man Cave mental health support group. According to Mr Burman, whose online "brotherhood" enables thousands of men to speak openly, more needs to be done to get people the help they need more quickly.

"But we are a lot softer around the edges now and there is a lot more focus on people and sites are far, far better than they used to be in terms of safety and welfare.

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