It's Movember - you know the score: grow a moustache to raise funds and awareness of mental health. Hey I appreciate that this is low level effort - I'm not running a marathon and the moustache actually grows itself. But it's for a bloody important cause.

I've personally been affected by 5 people who've seen no way forward other than to take their life through suicide. Yes 5.

It deserves to be viewed as more than a statistic though. Real people make up my 5; people who could still be here.

Suicide kills more men under 50 than anything else - cancer, car accidents or falling off ladders.

With these stats I'm sure that you’ve been affected too. It's not just us affected though, but their friends, family, and children.

If growing, what undoubtedly will be a very crap moustache or 'Mattstache', can help prevent another meaningless and preventable death, or support another family then off I go.

If I look like a knob as I walk amongst you then it's all been worth it. Embarrassment for me must mean it earns more of your support - yes? If you can afford to contribute, please support me.

Here’s to my ‘Mattstache’ - I'll add an update on the lip slug's progress weekly.

Thanks in advance - we can prevent number 6.