Update 10th May 2017 - So far we have raised £3125.27 since August 2016 . We've broken the £3000 barrier!!!
Thanks to Longford students for donating so generously today during their MUFTI Day. And thanks to everyone who has donated and supported me over the past 8 months. Lets see if we can get to £5000 by the end of July!
I started swimming in a beautiful outdoors unheated swimming pond in August 2016. Since then I have swam in the pond at least twice a week for a year and I will continue swimming until August 2017.
I am documenting my swims on facebook "swimming for teenage mental health" and here.
My aim is to raise money to improve teenage mental health through supported counselling. As a science teacher and Pastoral Head with nearly 23 years' experience of classroom teaching, I am fully (and tragically) aware of the increase in mental health problems among teenagers in Wiltshire (and the UK in general) . I sincerely hope that by supporting cheaper counselling for families and individuals I can make a difference and give young people a chance of happiness in today's complicated society..
Updates will appear here on a weekly basis.