Get to Know Rob
Rob Walker Associate Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
With over two decades of experience pioneering work to tackle stigma and discrimination, and improve outcomes for people living with mental illness. Rob co founded an independent service user and carer company in 2015 which is considered the go to company to help universities develop co production. Rob is also an accomplished speaker and is widely recognised for his outspoken passion for understanding issues in his powerful presentations. His clarity of communication, relatability, meticulous planning, and striking candour.
Changes Plus Ltd. “Behind the Mask” storytelling workshops are widely acclaimed in supporting Health and Social Care programme delivery.
Having battled with depression since the age of 32 he has done so against the backdrop of unconscious bias from the Family Courts resulting in homelessness in 2006. Rob has continued to display resilience and determination to develop Citizen Leaders leading on research in the specific field.
Challenging Perceptions of Men’s Mental Health & Domestic Violence
There are an estimated 1.5 million cases of domestic violence towards men in England and Wales that relates to 1 in 6 as of March 2025, so how do we fix this?
Rob is supporting Fathers and campaigning to change unconscious bias that he believes comes from certain institutions. Working as an Advocate and Mckenzie friend such as No. contact orders where false allegations are made.
Robs concern is for the dramatic increase in suicide rates in young men which he believes can be attributed to fathers parenting rights being ignored.