Any of you who have known me for more than a couple of years will now that I am not a runner and never have been, I don’t have the physique and my knees are just not up to such punishment. But none the less I am pushing myself out of my comfort zone (normally an arm chair in front of the telly) to run the Lytham Hall Parkrun 5k for a very important and worthy cause.

James Doherty was eldest son's best friend at primary school and they remained good friends despite going to different high schools. In that time we also became firm friends with James’s family.

In August 2016 James tragically took his own life following a period of cyber bullying and a terrifyingly quick spiral into depression.

To create something good out of this tragedy and to keep James’s Memory alive his mum, Joanne, is setting up the charity ‘Doherty’s Destiny’ to raise awareness of the mental health issues causing the Increasing rates of suicide in our young people and to access local schools to help them to discuss the growing and devastating trend in cyber bullying. To become a Registered Charity she must raise £5000 in the first year and show that she can raise the same again the following year. After just a few months she is desperately close and so I hope to push things over the line with my efforts.

I hope that you feel able to support me in this most important of causes. Thank you.