College principal shares mental health battle

Lydia Houghton  |  People
Date posted:  11 May 2026
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College principal shares mental health battle

Caleb Nyanni

Please note: This article contains reference to suicide.

Waverley Abbey's new College Principal has urged the church to offer better support during Mental Health Awareness Week (11–17 May), choosing to speak openly about his own mental health battles.

Caleb Nyanni described experiencing an "intense" period of depression as a student living in Birmingham, while holding leadership roles at an Elim congregation, volunteering in schools and completing a theology degree. Nyanni believes that "the expectations attached to being a male, Christian leader isolated him" and drove him "close to suicide during the early 2000s".

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