🎧 The Dub Special - Can We Talk?

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The Dub Special - Can We Talk?

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"I feel like with the work I'm doing, I'm making a positive change and genuinely for me the main thing is to prevent what happened to my family happening to other families."

A special edition of The Dub marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of Oxford United's 'Can We Talk?' suicide prevention campaign and World Mental Health Day on Friday.

Robyn Cowen is joined by U's midfielder Will Vaulks, whose family have been personally affected by suicide, to discuss his important work in the community with Baton of Hope, external, Oxford United in the Community and the Joey Beauchamp Foundation., external

The club's latest step in their ongoing 'Can We Talk?' campaign is the launch of suicide prevention workshops for Oxfordshire schools, along with piloting an innovative app designed to save lives.

Information and support for those affected by mental health can be found at the BBC's Action Line website.

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