The barber saving lives one haircut at a time
When Tom Chapman lost a friend to suicide he had the idea of using his barber's chair to help men share their problems. He now trains other barbers to do the same thing.
When British barber Tom Chapman got his first hairdressing job his manager congratulated him and said "be prepared to be a psychiatrist and a therapist as well as a hairdresser". These words stuck with him when he lost a good friend to suicide. Tom decided to use his barber's chair to get men to open up about their problems. He set up the Lions Barbers Collective, which runs Barber Talk training for barbers all over the world.
Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: June Christie
Picture: Tom Chapman
Credit: Tom Chapman
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