motherwell football club in the heart of post—industrial lanarkshire.ntire identity is wrapped up in the area's steel—making past — a place for the working man. but today, its claret and amber shirts promote suicide prevention. on match days, messages and signs encouraging fans to speak out, seek help, are all around fir park. that's because three—quarters of people who kill themselves in the uk are men. it's the single biggest killer of men under 50 in this country, and this club has suffered loss. how many fans are you aware of that have taken their own life from this club in the last couple of years? we estimate anything between 12 and 2a over the last two years. 24? one a month from...? yeah, which is a horrendous statistic. you know, and the youngest of that is in their teens. you know, the oldest is maybe in their kind of late 30s, early 405. you know, and just to put that into context, that's such a tragedy. i mean, that's the age of what... ..the guys who should be playing on our pitch. how are you affected when you hear about the stories of the

part of any case will include testimony from former union officials in lanarkshire.at have came forward to tell us they were told, "do not accompany them, do not help them, "don't help them prep for the hearing, don't give them any advice. stay out of it." they didn't say, "we can't represent you, so don't pay your fees." these union reps have told you this? told me this. and i believe them. 100%. one of those union reps was robert robertson, a former unison senior official for south lanarkshire. hi. nice to see you. thank you so much for agreeing for me to coming round. you're welcome. in you come. through here? yeah, just turn right. these women deserve full equality, and the strange thing is, you have a union that should be based on equality that's actually sending me out to promote unequality. if a member came to you, you were to say what? "you do not have a claim. "we have done ourjob evaluation and all the rest of it. "it's over and done with." "you do not have a claim"? yep. that was what you were instructed to say? that was set in stone. "you do not have a cl

motherwell football club in the heart of post—industrial lanarkshire.romotes suicide prevention. on match days, messages and signs encouraging fans to speak out, seek help all around the park. that is because three quarters of people who kill themselves in the uk are men. it is the single biggest killer of men under 15 in this country and this club has suffered loss. how many fans are you aware of of taking their own life from this club in the last couple of years? the estimate is anywhere between 12 and 24 in the last two years. one a month from... which is a horrednous statistic and the youngest of that is 19, the oldest as may be in the late 30s or early 40s and you think that is such a tragedy, that is the age of the guys who should be playing on the pitch. how are you affected when you hear the stories of these fans? it hurts everyone here because we are a bad family and we will look after our club so when one person takes their life it affects loads of people, it is not just the immediately family orfriends, it is the whole supporter base promote

one of those union reps was robert robertson, a former unison senior official for south lanarkshire.uch for agreeing for me to coming round. you're welcome. in you come. through here? yeah, just turn right. these women deserve full equality, and the strange thing is, you have a union that should be based on equality that's actually sending me out to promote unequality. if a member came to you, you were to say what? "you do not have a claim. "we have done ourjob evaluation and all the rest of it. "it's over and done with." "you do not have a claim"? yep. that was what you were instructed to say? that was set in stone. "you do not have a claim." if it had been a fair fight all along, then you're going to have winners and losers, but to have winners and losers because the middlemen, the union, the negotiators, were telling them... and they believed it. they pay their union money, they believe you're there to do your best for them. and we weren't. and that is... one of the things that hurts me is that i was being encouraged not to do my best for these women. and it's just... i find that