Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 49. In the UK, approximately three-quarters of all suicides are male. I'm running this event to raise money for TALK CLUB. Which was created after one of the Founders, Ben Akers, lost his childhood best friend, Steve Yates, to suicide in 2014. Struggling to process his grief, Ben set out to make ‘Steve’, a documentary about male mental health. TALK CLUB is a legacy of that project.

TALK CLUB is a behaviour-changing movement aimed at getting men to talk more openly about their thoughts, feelings, worries and day-to-day gripes (and all the positive stuff too!). We want to create as many safe and confidential spaces across the UK where men can meet regularly to talk, and listen to each other. We are here to encourage and support men across the globe, to set up their own TALK CLUB.

Talk club runs a run club that do a 5km every monday evening where men and come and practice their 'mental fitness' and use exercise as an outlet for their worries and struggles - I'm raising money to help fund more of these possibilities!