About Peter Larkum

Mental health speaker • Award winning Mental Health First Aid instructor • Creator of Mentality

Peter is an experienced mental health speaker, award-winning Mental Health First Aid instructor, and creator of the award-winning course Mentality.

For over 10 years, he has trained tens of thousands of people to help reduce the stigma and discrimination that surrounds mental health illness.

  • Peter was awarded ‘Excellence in Training’ for his work as a MHFA instructor.

  • Mentality won the ‘Product Impact Award’ in the This Can Happen Awards 2021.

His client list is vast, including HSBC, Ministry of Defence, NHS, Experian, Balfour Beatty, Boots, London School of Economics, the University of Southampton.

With a background in youth work Peter has the unique ability to command a room of global corporate managers or engage a group of young people with his infectious enthusiasm, sensitivity, and humour.

Peter is a member of the Speakers Collective, a network of quality assured public speakers.

Peter is a qualified Mental Health First Aid England instructor, helping improve mental health in the UK through licenced MHFA training.

Past clients include…

Endorsements

Peter, your session was one of my highlights over the course of the past two days; you were truly inspirational and your powerful messages really struck a chord with me.

This is such an important topic for us and having your expertise with our most senior leaders and influencers was truly invaluable.
— CEO of a high street bank
Peter came and delivered a presentation for us in 2016, and our staff still talk about it. Because of this we now offer Mental Health training to all our managers.

If you get the opportunity to hear what Peter has to say, I would thoroughly recommend it.
— Alison Garbutt, Head of Strategic Projects, WHSmith

Reviews from course delegates

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