Mental health training starting for central Alberta sports coaches in honour of lost Red Deer man
A Red Deer non-profit is ready to launch mental health training for sports coaches three years after a young man took his own life.
Alex Ennis, affectionately known as Al, was 26 when he died by suicide in May 2019.
He struggled silently, says his father, Brian, who’s struggled himself with how best to cope with the grief, but also spent the last three years helping develop a training model Alex’s family hopes will save lives.
That training will be offered starting in September by the organization now known as Team Alex.