I graduated from university doing Film Production last year, since the I’ve been working hard in an admin position making plans for my future. I’ve been saving as much as I can, taking into consideration my student debt, for an amazing trip to India.

I’ve left England twice my whole life (I’m 23) and I wish to throw myself in the deep end; travel India, make short documentaries, develop in yoga, master meditation and write, write, write until I feel established enough to write the book I know I have within me.

Mental Health and Wellbeing is truly important to me, I’ve suffered with severe depression and anxiety for 8 years and this massively influences and inspires my writing.

Travelling helps people in many ways, it gives them confidence in social situations, it makes them better adapted to change, it encourages them work better at problem solving, it helps them focus on living in the present moment, it gives them a sense of achievement. Travelling and developing as a documentary filmmaker will benefit me personally and professionally– it can only have positive influence on my mental health, which has been suffering as of late.

£150 can help me in many ways; it can help finish off my filming equipment such as finding mid-range microphones for the interviews I may shoot; it can help me pay for my flight to India; it can help me with getting what I need before travelling such as a high quality first aid kit, a high-quality rucksack, walking boots.