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England's Beth Mead and Ben Chilwell among stars leading new mental health initiative

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England's Beth Mead and Ben Chilwell are among the stars leading a campaign to help people in football tackle mental health issues.

The pair have discussed their own experiences with mental health.

Arsenal forward Mead has says she had "very dark" moments after losing her mum to cancer while unable to play because of a serious knee injury.

"There's not a perfect way of dealing with it, but if you feel you're not alone it helps so much," Mead said.

The Arsenal player has recently returned to action after 11 months out with a cruciate ligament injury that caused her to miss this year's Women's World Cup.