Losing both grandads to suicide was like a bomb going off in my family

Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Will Vaulks was just a teen when the tragedies happened.

Will lost both grandfathers to suicide – he explains why we must delve deeper than just asking if someone’s okay Footballer Will Vaulks was 13 when his day at the golf course was cut short. He’d been dropped off by his mum and was half way through the round when he felt engulfed by a sudden sense of sorrow. He knew he needed to be with his family.

There were alarm bells, but we didn’t anticipate what was to come,’ he remembers. ‘I stayed off school that day and it emerged that he hadn’t taken a coat, or got properly dressed when he left, so we knew he hadn’t gone for a walk. Then the police were called and it was the helicopter out and search dogs. The family began to unravel in the aftermath of both suicides ‘What was really hard is that it was my mum who found him.’ Following Hywel’s death, the family began to unravel.

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