Stay Well Manchester

Stacey Copeland has represented her country in two sports, football and boxing.

As a footballer she represented England U18’s, played in the women’s premier league, and also competed abroad in America, Brazil and Sweden.

As a boxer she won a European silver medal before turning professional and making history in 2018 when she became the first British woman to win the Commonwealth title.

In 2017 she founded Pave The Way, a charity which aims to challenge gender stereotypes of girls, boys, men and women; she also features in ‘Game On’ a documentary about women’s sport which airs on Netflix and Sky.

Stacey is an experienced public speaker and has spoken at European Parliament, the United Nations, and delivered two TED talks. Since retiring from sport Stacey has moved into broadcasting as a boxing commentator, and radio and TV presenter on the BBC, ITV and Sky Sports and in February 2025 she became the first female ever to commentate on boxing on BBC 5Live.

Richard Askam is a multi-award winning broadcaster and journalist.

In more than 30 years with the BBC, he covered many major sports and news events, at home and abroad.

As a facilitator and host he has worked with several major charities and businesses. He is a passionate mental health advocate

Zee is a dynamic athlete, self-defence instructor, mountaineer, inspirational speaker, and founder of the charity Z’s Defence Academy. She made history as the first British Muslim woman in the UK to summit Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 metres), where she earned two Guinness World Records.

Pushing boundaries further, she climbed to Everest Base Camp (5,364 metres) — on a sprained ankle — showcasing extraordinary resilience and mental strength.

Zee also led the first all-female group to conquer Mount Toubkal, North Africa’s highest peak at 4,167 metres. She is currently training to become a certified Mountain Leader and is a qualified Physical Disengagement Trainer with advanced safe handling expertise. Remarkably, Zee is the only civilian self-defence instructor in the North West, using her platform to champion empowerment, safety, and transformation across communities

When Jack Nolan was 19, he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act for showing signs of psychosis. His hospital admittance meant he had to drop out of university and sacrifice his dream of working in TV and Film production – a career he had started to build up as a runner whilst studying.

He spent 19 days in the hospital, but recovery was tough, and he was unable to find the strength to even move from the bed to the settee, let alone get washed, dress, or face the outside world. But he was determined to fight back and fight he did…

Jack spent over a month contacting a particular publisher he wanted to work with, and eventually, he got the publishing contract for the novel he was after. Three months later he had a book launch and he found himself on the shelves of Waterstones.

His first novel, On The Job, was released in 2017 and was followed up in 2019 with Dead Ends, and Dead Ends:Rise Up in 2023 all three were gangster-themed crime novels.

Sadly, after two years of rebuilding his life, he became unwell again, showing signs of mania and paranoia. He found himself being sectioned again, and spent 30 days in the hospital; once again he had to rebuild his life.

Now in his late 20’s, Jack Nolan has faced more personal and professional adversities than he can count, from relationship breakdowns to mental health struggles, to losing big investors due to unforeseen economic circumstances. He continues to bounce back and prove his resilience with his bulletproof mindset approach to life.

Jack’s adversity and motivation to get on with life has seen him successfully inspire audiences from corporate companies, including Barclays Bank, Camelot Lottery, Hewlett Packard, Reckitt and many more!

Anthony Crolla is an English former professional lightweight boxer from Manchester, England. Since his retirement in November 2019, he has become a boxing trainer and a boxing media personality.

Born on 16 November 1986, Crolla enjoyed a career that spanned thirteen years – from 2006 to 2019 – winning the WBA Lightweight title and challenging for the unification of the WBA and WBO lightweight titles in 2019. With a good amateur pedigree behind him, he has a professional record of 45 fights with 35 wins, 7 losses and 3 draws.

After hanging up his gloves, Anthony can now be seen as a frequent analyst on Sky Sports World Championship Boxing (1989), The Boxxer Series (2021) and BT Sport Fight Night Live, as well as being a co-presenter of the Lightweight Boxing Show (2022) alongside Dom McGuinness