Elizabeth Kemp

Share the Load Challenge: reach for the moon!

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In memory of Jared Kemp
Team: Jared We Will Never Forget You
BAGS for Strife

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www.bagsforstrife.co.uk
We Provide support to those bereaved by Suicide

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⭐️NEW TARGET…. THE MOON! 💛

Nothing prepares you for the devastation of losing someone you love to suicide. Our lives were changed forever in September 2021 when our son Jared tragically died.  One thing I’ve learned over this year is that some things are just too hard to face alone.

This year I have set myself a challenge that is impossible for me to achieve on my own. Please can you help Share The Load?

Starting on World mental health day (10/10/22) my original target was to run 1000 miles- with all your support I have been inspired to aim higher and am now reaching for the moon! That’s 283855 miles!!! I can’t physically manage this on my own so I’m asking for you to make a small donation (every £1 helps) and let me know in the comment box how far you will move (walk, dance, cycle, swim, run - anything!) to help get a bit closer. Together we can share the load and help people affected by suicide.

BAGS for strife provide a BAG that is filled with practical and emotional support, both for the short and long term to help people bereaved by suicide. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

About the charity

BAGS for Strife

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RCN 1194111
www.bagsforstrife.co.uk
Absolutely nothing prepares you for loss by suicide. For all of us who set up the charity, it’s so important to do something in honour & in memory of those we lost, and we can only hope through our own experience, we can offer some support through the darkest of days. We reached out to friends and family who all have experienced loss in this way and asked them to describe their most prominent emotions in the following months. The common feelings were Blame, Anger, Guilt and Sadness. Why? We were struck by the lack of accessible support for families and friends in the aftermath of loss by suicide and having reached out to others who have been through similar circumstances, we realised that our experience was not unique. Whilst there are a range of services “out there”, the issue appears to be a lack of knowledge/accessibility/geographical variation/timeliness of these. In response, we have subsequently established BAGS for Strife – a charity that is steered and led by a group of people with their own lived experience of suicide and its aftermath. What? We know that everyone’s experience of grief and loss is unique. Some people may want help in the first few days to navigate their way through the practical elements that must be faced, others may want to reach out for emotional support, and some may stumble and fall weeks or months or years after their tragedy. BAGs will provide practical and emotional support both for the short and long term.
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£926.77
+ £214.50 Gift Aid
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