Hello,

This September I will be taking on the 60 Miles Challenge for Mind.

Here are a few did you know facts:

1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem of some kind each year in England.

1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (like anxiety and depression) in any given week in England.

1 in 5 people have suicidal thoughts

1 in 14 people self-harm

1 in 15 people attempt suicide

The overall number of people reporting mental health problems has been going up in recent years.

The amount of people with common mental health problems went up by 20% between 1993 to 2014, in both men and women.

The percentage of people reporting severe mental health symptoms in any given week rose from 7% in 1993, to over 9% in 2014.

Overall reported suicide numbers have gone up in England and Wales since 2018. They had been going down before that.

There has been a clear increase in the number of men and the number of people under 25 taking their own life since 2018.

People reporting self-harm went up by 62% between the years 2000–2014 (that means it more than doubled).

People reporting having had suicidal thoughts within the past year went up by 30% between the years 2000–2014.

The number of people who self-harm or have suicidal thoughts is rising faster than the number of people experiencing mental health problems overall.

As someone who suffers with Mental Health and has sadly lost someone to Mental Health, Mind is a charity that is very close to my heart so I want to raise as much money for them as I possibly can.

Thank you in advance for the donations, and if you can’t donate I hope you will still support me in the best way you can.