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FOUR MO' YEARS
DONATE: www.justgiving.com/movemberamir2015
Please give me 4 minutes of your time by reading the following.
4 years ago I
decided to first do Movember. I thought it would be a fun way to make a
difference. I never would have thought we’d raise a total of £3,084.88 in
3 years. I never imagined that, thanks to all of you, WE would make THIS much
of a difference.
This year, like
last year, I have pre-grown by 30 days. This year, like last year, we’re going
to raise at least £1763.20. And like last year, it’s for Mind, a truly
incredible charity and cause, well in line with the original Movember charity’s
ethos.
MIND provides
support, services, confidential helplines, vital information and much more for
people who desperately need it. Led by Stephen Fry, Mind also campaigns
tirelessly to raise awareness and fight to bring structural change to the way
mental health is regarded and mental health services are delivered.
MENTAL HEALTH, both
as an issue and as a cause, is something close to all of us, whether we know it yet or not, and is finally beginning to receive the recognition it
has long been deprived of. Society is beginning to move away from its previous
neglect of this seemingly silent yet immensely destructive force; one that
affects so many aspects of so many lives. There is a stigma undermining this
all that needs to be crushed. This prevents many people from not only receiving
mental health support, but even speaking up about it.
FACTS: ALL OF THIS IS RUINING AND ENDING LIVES. People are dying by the day from this and lives are unravelling every hour. I used these facts last year and they haven’t changed. This shows how much more needs to be done:
“-Suicide kills more men in the UK in the age
group of 20-49 than anything else; cancer, road traffic accidents, drug/alcohol
abuse...you name it.
-1 in 4 adults in the UK will suffer from a
diagnosable mental health issue, PER YEAR.
-Currently there is no right to access for
talking therapies or any waiting times standards; something we would not expect
for physical illness. Waiting lists are often over SIX MONTHS long.”
(more vital facts: http://www.youngminds.org.uk/about/whats_the_problem/mental_health_statistics?gclid=CjwKEAjwh8exBRDyyqqH9pvf1ncSJAAu4OE3zqhzm8H8kIXSjK2OLlvEpFhn01UXJZHVDdXj5U1aDBoC4crw_wcB)
ENOUGH TIME HAS
PASSED. This is my contribution to the fight to raise money, awareness and
ultimately, transform mental health. It’s time for us all to outdo ourselves.
Movember is about
doing something small to make an exponential difference. I say it every year –
ANY AMOUNT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. Please give what you can, it goes so, so
far!
The target is last year’s total of £1763.20. I know we can do it.
PLEASE DONATE: www.justgiving.com/movemberamir2015/
ABOUT MIND: http://www.mind.org.uk/about-us/
Thank you for all of your support these last three years. I’m so excited to see where we go this time.
Love,
-Amir Singh Dhillon x
#Movember #Mind #MovemberAmir #MentalHealth #Charity #Fundraising #Movember2015
PREVIOUS MO’S:
-MOVEMBER 2014: £1763.20
https://www.justgiving.com/movemberamir2015/
-MOVEMBER 2013: £970.18
https://www.justgiving.com/movemberamir/
https://www.facebook.com/idontlikeusernames/media_set?set=a.10153455389565078.1073741843.659470077&type=3
-MOVEMBER 2012: £351
https://www.facebook.com/idontlikeusernames/media_set?set=a.10152291393885078.946379.659470077&type=3