I have felt for a long time that I should be doing more - so here I am, training to do a marathon. I have suffered some personal losses this year and feel that I need to do this in Cornwall - so a change of plan from the Exeter Marathon to the Cornish Coast Path - still 26.2 miles but now a lot more up and down!

I will be doing this on Saturday the 18th May for the Charity Sowenna but also in memory of those I love. I will update with the exact location closer to the time.

I teach in a wonderfully supportive, small secondary school - Cape Cornwall School in St Just and I feel passionately that our students should have access to the mental health care and support they deserve.

It is essential for their parents that they dont have to travel at least 2 counties away for treatment.

It is estimated that 1 in 10 young people aged between 5 and 16 have a mental disorder. Most can be treated within the community, but some require a more intensive programme of treatment and care.Currently some of our most ill and vulnerable young people are travelling hundreds of miles away from their family and friends to hospitals in Birmingham, Essex, Kent and Cheshire to access psychiatric treatment. Soon there will be support for these young people much closer to home through Sowenna,  Cornwall's first adolescent mental health unit which is currently being built on the Bodmin Hospital site.

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