Workplace Talks
Bring honest, lived-experience mental health conversations into your workplace or construction site.
Explore talks →CONSTRUCTION BUDDIES AND BENTLEY MENTAL HEALTH
From Suicide Attempts
to Saving Lives.
Building Support. Building Lives.
I'm Michael Turlin. I know construction, and I know what it feels like to struggle. Through workplace talks, five books and Bentley Mental Health, I use my experience to help others open up.
Lived-experience awareness and signposting — not a crisis helpline or clinical service.
Behind every hard hat is a human being.
50Years in construction
5Books — one purpose
BENTLEYMental Health
REALLived experience
FOR WORKPLACES
A real conversation with your team.
My talks are for site teams, supervisors and managers. I share my own experience and talk about the pressures of construction in everyday language.
We cover noticing when someone may be struggling, asking twice, listening without judging and knowing where to find help. This is awareness based on lived experience, not clinical treatment or accredited training.
BE PART OF IT
There is more than one way to make a difference.
Bentley Mental Health
A car that gets attention for the right reason — helping people stop, read, talk and open up.
Discover Bentley Mental Health →Five Books
Plain-speaking books created to help people, families and workplaces start difficult conversations.
See all five books →Mental Health Commitment
For organisations that want to show support through practical action, not just a poster on the wall.
Explore the Commitment →FIVE BOOKS — ONE PURPOSE
Five books created to start conversations.
From Michael's personal journey and construction mental health to suicide, social media and the people behind our food, every book has been written with the same purpose: to help people understand, talk and know they are not alone.
Explore all 5 books
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Help us build a construction industry where nobody feels they have to struggle alone.
Support the work, invite Construction Buddies to your workplace, share the message or simply ask someone twice how they are.
THE WORK IN ACTION · MEDIA COVERAGE
My story on Sky News.
On , I shared my story with Sky News: the difficulties I had faced, rebuilding my life and taking the Bentley to car shows to get people talking.
Read the Sky News featureThis article discusses suicide attempts. Media coverage is not an endorsement.
NEED SUPPORT?
You do not have to face a difficult moment alone.
Our Get Help page brings together UK support for mental health, suicide crisis, alcohol, drugs, gambling and domestic abuse.