My Dad is fundraising for The Henry Grierson ADHD & Mental Health Foundation.

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My dad Henry Grierson, aged 79, is cycling the Kirkpatrick Way 250 miles coast to coast route from Stranraer to Eyemouth. He is driven in his endeavour by the loss of his great nephew Henry Joseph Grierson who passed in 2024 aged just 17 years old.

The Henry Grierson ADHD & Mental Health Foundation has been started by his grieving family to support struggling neurodivergent teenagers and young people. To ensure they can access help before crisis and to raise awareness of the link between ADHD, mental health, drug abuse and suicide.

Henry was a promising young rugby player, recently selected to represent Scotland in the U19’s European Rugby League Championships. He had ambitions to join the RAF and was an air cadet. He was the youngest of four siblings and his death has left a huge hole in his family. In his short life he was let down by the education system, NHS and police.

"Henry is carrying a live GPS tracker so you can follow his progress each day at henrygrierson.org/cycle-for-henry

Fellow cyclists are warmly invited to join Henry for any leg of the route — get in touch via info@henrygrierson.org and we’ll share the day’s start times and meeting points. Well-wishers, friends and family are welcome to come and cheer him on at any of the stage starts, finishes or along the way — every wave, cowbell and cup of tea makes a huge difference over 7 days in the saddle.

The route (Saturday 25 April – Friday 1 May 2026):

Day 1 (Sat 25 Apr): Stranraer to Creetown

Day 2 (Sun 26 Apr): Creetown to Dumfries

Day 3 (Mon 27 Apr): Dumfries to Langholm

Day 4 (Tue 28 Apr): Langholm to Hawick

Day 5 (Wed 29 Apr): Hawick to Coldstream

Day 6 (Thu 30 Apr): Coldstream to Foulden

Day 7 (Fri 1 May): Foulden to Berwick (finish!)

Every pound goes directly to The Henry Grierson ADHD & Mental Health Foundation — a charity set up in memory of Henry Joseph Grierson to break the link between ADHD and suicide. People with ADHD are up to five times more likely to die by suicide, with the risk even higher for young men navigating substance use and toxic masculinity. The foundation funds peer mentoring in schools — training older neurodivergent boys to mentor younger ones — and deploys qualified ADHD coaches to work alongside the NHS, giving struggling boys and their families an extra person to talk to.

The Henry Grierson ADHD & Mental Health Foundation

Registered Charity No: 1217674 (England & Wales)

henrygrierson.org

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