{"id":857876,"date":"2026-08-14T13:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/857876\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:59:07","slug":"olivia-bailey-backs-mens-mental-health-walking-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/857876\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Bailey backs men\u2019s mental health walking group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Olivia Bailey, MP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire, joined the Reading Men Walking and Talking (MWAT) group on Monday, August 3, to show her support for men&#8217;s mental health.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The group expressed gratitude for her presence, highlighting the importance of public figures advocating for mental health.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for the group said: &#8220;Regardless of any politics, this is great exposure for our @MWAT-Reading.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In the UK, 75 per cent of suicides are men.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The MWAT group aims to create a safe space for men to connect and support each other, combating the stigma surrounding men&#8217;s mental health.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Meeting every Monday at the Tilehurst Triangle, the group encourages men from all walks of life to participate, offering a judgement-free environment for open discussions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  MWAT, not a charity or campaign group, emphasises the importance of action and has 88 active groups across the UK, including in Reading, Burghfield, Mortimer, Sonning Common, and Wokingham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olivia Bailey, MP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire, joined the Reading Men Walking and Talking (MWAT) group&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":["post-857876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}