Swindon actor hosts wellbeing breakfast to improve the mental health of the local community

Tommy Hatto, Actor and Founder of wellness company THO, hosted a wellbeing breakfast for local Swindon and Wiltshire business owners to come together to recognise the importance of mental health.

This week (15 - 21 May) is Mental Health Awareness Week and the event was organised to coincide with this national event.

Hosted at The Workshed in Swindon, and in collaboration with Swindon business accelerator programme The Foundry, over 50 local business owners were in attendance - including the Mayor of Swindon Cllr Abdul Amin.

Cllr Amin also gave a short speech around the importance of looking after mental health.

Tommy said: "The whole reason for putting this breakfast on was driven by purpose. To bring local business and community owners together to recognise the importance of mental health. As a business owner, it's a lonely path to walk, and you can find yourself working all hours day and night to get your dream off the ground."

He added: "We put the breakfast on bright and early, to allow everyone to come and grab some breakfast all before going to do their day-to-day 9 to 5. They could wear what they wanted, and it didn't take much time out of their usual working day."

As well as being the founder of THO, Tommy Hatto is an award-winning wellbeing coach, motivational speaker, actor, model.

After leaving school, Tommy was thrust into the limelight by Dustin Hoffman, who after a chance encounter at an event in London, encouraged him to pursue a career in acting.

This journey led to Tommy starring alongside some of Hollywood's biggest names, in movies such as Thor 2 and The Last Full Measure. He has also travelled the world to front global modelling campaigns for Calvin Klein, Rayban and GQ. In 2015, Tommy was also named one of The Hollywood News' "Top 25 to watch". 

A spokesperson for Mr Hatto said: "Tommy has experience in supporting on issues such as imposter syndrome, self-esteem, eating disorders, and body image.

"Through working closely with some of the world’s top experts in fitness, nutrition, life-coaching and dermatology, Tommy uses this knowledge and his personal experience to transform wellbeing strategies for organisations as well as individuals, which has decreased employee turnover. He has delivered keynotes and workshops for FTSE 250 companies, as well as SMEs and start-ups."

Tommy has a combined social media presence of over 100,000 followers and won the Mental Health Blog Award for Social Media Champion in 2022. 

He says he hopes use his platforms to engage with individuals and businesses to share his story that being 'perfect' isn't all it's perceived to be. 

This year, Tommy was also nominated at the ITV National Diversity Awards for Celebrity of the Year.

To find out more about THO, those interested can contact [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/tommy-hatto-online.