The issue of poor mental health in UK policing and the impact of high-risk, high-stress roles has long been recognised, but despite efforts to address the problem, significant challenges in encouraging and enabling officers to access support still remain; Mike Isherwood, founder and CEO of Softable and Chair of the BAPCO Business Group, explores some of the key issues and barriers to support, as well as his own fundraising and awareness challenge as the ‘10K-A-DAY GUY’.