Corrie star Mikey backs Healing The Wounds
Coronation Street star Mikey North (Gary Windass in Corrie) has become the latest celebrity to lend support to the Healing The Wounds charity. Mikey praised the Welsh charity for their work with victims of PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder. It is very appropriate for Mikey to support the charity as his Corrie character Gary Windass has been having an on-screen battle with PTSD. Mikey found out about the work of Healing The Wounds when he met up with Amie Phillips, the events organiser with Healing The Wounds, at a function at Cardiff City Stadium. The charity already has leading British actor Michael Sheen as its patron and recent celebrity supporters have included singer and actor Will Young and the world’s greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes. “It was great to meet up with Mikey and bring him up to speed with the work Healing The Wounds does as a charity to help people in Wales who have problems with PTSD,” Amie said. “Of course, Mikey himself is very aware of PTSD, havin...