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Iʼve raised £6,219 to raise awareness for G -mental health development -psychosis awareness
- Leeds
- Funded on Friday, 9th October 2020
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This has been set up in the memory of my brother George Roger Hackney, who sadly passed away on Sunday 7th June 2020 at the age of 20.
George was a very loving person, who touched the lives of so many. He was beautiful inside and out, a genuine soul and knew how loved he was. Family was everything to him and his empathy always shone through.
G very suddenly displayed an obvious change in behaviour and we knew he needed intervention ASAP. He had no known previous mental health illness and the medical team ruled out any physical causes.
His diagnosis from this was psychosis.
When G came home, we all worked together, with the support of the mental health team. G came back to us; stopped hearing voices, stopped having delusions, he laughed, he loved and we spent some really happy times together. We were all aware that he would need further support, but there was a strong chance he would fully recover from this. We all had hope.
Then, G relapsed. We worked together to help G but this time was different. He remembered what he went through during his last episode; for the first time ever, he told us he was suicidal. He would fluctuate between “euphoria” and feeling really low. No matter what he tried, his mood changed quickly. He would talk to us, he would talk to the mental health teams. He did whatever he could to try help himself. As a family, we stripped the stigma of mental health and G spoke openly about the struggles he was having.
But it wasn't enough.
We will use G’s spirit to help others, as he helped so many people with his kind, empathetic heart. We don’t yet know where the help is most needed but we can promise that the money will be used to understand more and reduce the stigma around illnesses such as psychosis and schizophrenia.
If you are struggling at all, please don't mask your feelings, talk to someone.
We love you G! We did yesterday, do today. We will for the rest of our lives.
Be kind, always.
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Rebecca McCormack
4 years agoWe have launched our charity Facebook page: www.facebook.com/igeepsychosistrust The money raised has allowed us to go forward with setting up our own charity. We are still in the early stages of starting up but I've told G's story to someone who has the ability to change mental health support, in our area and it appears as though they want to support what we are doing. Thank you so much to everyone who has donated, without your support, this would not have been possible. Change is coming!
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Ric
Oct 2, 2020
Hope this help. Sending hugs in this difficult time x
£20.00
Anonymous
Aug 21, 2020
£4.00
Anonymous
Aug 8, 2020
infinite worth is that in us all ? what we may give is our worthy kindness, what we probably experience in life is our effort to put some identity & purpose on our form. A little light on the candle
£30.00
Anonymous
Jul 31, 2020
this is a small donation to a beautiful boy George Roger Hackney RIP. Just Giving Page, we are friends of the family and knew what a loved family member he was and still is.Sending love Sue xxxx
£20.00
Martyn Long
Jul 20, 2020
Such desperately sad news. G was such a considerate, patient and gentle man. He taught our two (Fred and Charlotte) to swim and always captured their attention. He will be missed. RIP G
£30.00
Kathleen Hackney
Jul 19, 2020
Will always love and miss my beautiful boy, why did you have to leave us, heart broken Gm&Gdad xxx
£30.00
Anonymous
Jul 13, 2020
Great to support this
£15.00
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