Mr McCarthy presented BBC’s Look North regional news programme in Leeds before becoming Sky News’s bureau chief in Manchester.
But tragically, Mike lost his son Ross to suicide in 2021.
Since then, more than £24,000 has been raised in memory of Ross for Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
And following this, Mike, teamed up with Sheffield United to launch Talk Club Sheffield. The aim: to make a difference in Ross’s name. Mike hopes the group will provide a place for men to “turn up, come in and talk about what it is that’s on their minds”.
Mike also joined forces with other inspirational campaigners in the suicide prevention space – Alice Hendy, Harry Bliss and Steve Phillip – to create Champion Health’s Suicide Prevention Guide for World Suicide Prevention Day.
