Mental Health Activist & Keynote Speaker

Dan Keeley is one of the UK's leading mental health activists & keynote speakers on a mission to empower the UK to speak up when we’re suffering.

In 2017, after a 5 year battle with bipolar disorder and coming close to taking his own life, Dan ran 1250 miles from the Colosseum in Rome back to the London Eye (solo & self-supported) to share his story on a national scale - raising over £15,000 for The Campaign Against Living Miserably and inspiring hundreds of others to speak up about their own personal battles. Now Dan is a nationally-recognised and award-winning mental health activist; harnessing his lived-experiences to inspire others by collaborating & delivering powerful live talks with many of the UK’s most forward-thinking corporate organisations, conferences, schools, NHS trusts, festivals and social enterprises dedicated to improving the mental-wellbeing of their audiences & communities. Dan is regularly featured on national media platforms including BBC England, London Live, The Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The Sun, Happiful and credited by the Heads Together campaign. Dan is also the Founder & Mission Director of #AREWEOKUK: The social enterprise on a mission to empower the UK to speak up when we’re suffering so that together we can show future generations how it’s done.