When her brother hugged her tightly and told her he would always love her, Fay Coles said she had thought the worst could happen. Two days later David Sheppard took his own life aged just 47. He had so much more to give - but he couldn’t see it.
Fay and her family members had been fighting for years to help younger brother David with his mental health struggles, but she always felt her family was fighting a losing battle. She wishes she’d have been aware of the support she now knows is on offer, and she is speaking out to help others.
“Life has always been hard for us,” Fay, a mother to three grown-up children who now lives in Fairwater in Cardiff, said. She is speaking to WalesOnline from a quiet corner of the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay where she works as an arts and creative project manager. You can keep up to date with news from across Cardiff by subscribing to our newsletter here.
