Ian Webb

About Ian Webb

My Story – What Drives Me My name is Ian, and my journey hasn’t been an easy one. Life for me has been built through struggle, survival, and slowly finding purpose in places I never thought I’d reach. For a long time, I was just getting through each day. I struggled with my mental health, fell into addiction, and made choices I carry with me. There were times I felt completely lost in myself. I attempted suicide more than once, and I ended up under mental health services where I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. At the time, it felt overwhelming—like another label added to a life that already felt heavy and hard to manage. Growing up, I never really had the tools to talk about emotions or understand what was going on inside my head. Like a lot of people around me, I just got on with it. You don’t always open up. You don’t always ask for help. You just carry things and hope they don’t break you. But inside, I was struggling more than anyone could see. The hardest part wasn’t just what I was going through personally—it was what it was doing to the people around me. Relationships were breaking down. Trust was slipping away. And I came very close to losing things that meant everything to me, especially my relationship with my daughter. That’s something that still stays with me to this day. Recovery didn’t happen in one moment. It wasn’t a switch that flipped. It was slow, messy, and not straightforward at all. Some days I moved forward, some days I went backwards. I had to learn how to sit with myself again, face things I’d avoided for years, and start rebuilding bit by bit. What changed things for me was realising how many people around me were going through similar struggles. Once I started to see it properly, I couldn’t unsee it. Men especially were carrying so much in silence. People were putting on a front, but underneath they were struggling, isolated, and unsure where to turn. There weren’t many spaces where people could just be honest without judgement. That’s where More Than Men came from. It wasn’t built from a business plan or an idea for success. It came from lived experience. From knowing what it feels like to sit in a room full of people and still feel alone. From understanding how important it is to have somewhere you can just turn up, be yourself, and not feel judged. What we’ve built now is a community. We run support groups, wellbeing sessions, free breakfasts, snooker clubs, and outreach work. We also deliver More Than Sports for young people, using sport as a way in, but focusing on emotions, confidence, and wellbeing. Because I know what it’s like to grow up without understanding how to deal with what you’re feeling, and I want that to be different for the next generation. What drives me now is simple. I don’t want people to end up where I ended up. I don’t want people to sit in silence thinking they’re on their own, because I know exactly what that feels like. I know how heavy that place can be. I do