I'm raising £1,000 for SILENCE BETWEEN SIRENS CIC-

I am very proud to be one of the ambassadors for such an important Community interest Company.

And I am proud to be able to run a Marathon in Edinburgh on May the 30th 2027, for Silence Between Sirens and for those we have lost and those that carry on the fight.

SILENCE BETWEEN SIRENS lets all Emergency services know they are 'NEVER ALONE' And hopefully one day will stop the stigma around Mental Health and asking for help.

After my own experiences and a build up of Severe Trauma and High Anxiety I know what it feels like to not be ok , And I know what it feels like to get Therapy and come out the other side ok.

They are scars that we will always carry but its being able to seek the help we need at the time to put some holes in that ever filling bucket.

In order for us to carry on protecting and serving the public we need to be ok too BECAUSE BEHIND EVERY UNIFORM IS A HUMAN.

The money raised goes towards providing suicide prevention training for front line emergency services and towards wellbeing events.

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The issue

Emergency services personnel are dying by suicide.

This is not rare. This is not isolated to one service or region. This is systemic.

There is no consistent national recording of deaths by suicide:

No single source of truth.

No clear accountability.

No responsibility for services to act.

But we know it is happening — because we have lost colleagues and friends, across services and across the country.

The absence of data does not mean the absence of the problem. It means we don't fully understand the scale — or how to deal with it.

Where it builds

The risk builds between incidents.

The greatest risk does not occur in the moment of crisis, but in what follows.

Repeated exposure, combined with limited opportunity to process or recover, leads to cumulative strain over time. This is carried quietly — between shifts, after incidents, away from immediate support.

At the same time, support systems are often reactive. They engage late, if at all — sometimes too late.

Cultural expectations across services discourage early help-seeking. Support, even when it exists, may not feel accessible, relevant, or safe to use. People are left to manage increasing pressure — alone.

Why we act

This is preventable.

These deaths are not inevitable. People don't go from "fine" to crisis overnight. It builds — shift after shift, job after job.

There are points where someone could be reached:

a quiet change in behaviour

a conversation that doesn't happen

a moment where someone chooses not to speak

Right now, services are not consistently there at those points.

That's where we need to be.

The money raised goes towards providing suicide prevention training for front line emergency services and towards wellbeing events.

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