Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I am running this Half Marathon to raise awareness and funds for APP, who have supported my family ever since my partner Emily was admitted to an MBU (Mother and Baby Unit) for psychiatric care in 2017.

Thanks to the wonderful NHS staff, and APP support, she has made a full recovery, and our family is healthy and happy. Since recovering, Emily has started volunteering for APP, sharing our experiences with new MBU staff and other medical professionals. APP have developed an online community for those affected by this illness, and are working hard to provide support whenever and wherever they can.

This is the work I want to help continue, so that other families receive even better support than we did, and to minimise the impact of this illness on people's lives.

Anyone can get postpartum psychosis, and it is hard to predict in a new mother, as it requires no prior history of illness. It is a serious condition but it is treatable and mothers do recover. Please help me support other families through their recovery. I appreciate these are difficult times, and any donation you make will be a massive help.

Thank you

Andrew Rolfe

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