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Last December he attempted to commit suicide; he was hit by a lorry on a busy road.

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Former footballer Clarke Carlisle will speak about mental well being in the workplace, at a conference in Jersey.

The defender played for a number of top-flight teams, and was Chairman of the Professional Footballer's Association.

His struggles with depression were brought into the public eye in Demember 2014, when he was hit by a truck in North Yorkshire.

In February 2015, he said he had been trying to kill himself, and has since called his survival a blessing.

He will speak at the Jersey Employment Trust's Able to Work Conference, on 8 October at the Hotel de France.

The conference is being held in partnership with MIND Jersey, and is sponsored by Royal Bank of Canada.