Hi! 

I am running the Manchester Marathon on the 16th April - eeeek - for the beautiful charity of Mind. Please take a read below 🏃🏽‍♀️💙

Mind's Mantra: 

'We won't stop until everyone facing a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve.' 

Mind campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding around people's mental health. 1 in 4 people suffer with a mental health problem, and most of those do not receive the help they need. Just this year alone, they have received a record number of calls to their crisis helpline and in 2022 their advice and practical tools for calming a crisis situation was accessed 21.4 million times. Your donation goes towards keeping someone at the end of the phone, ensuring the advice and practical tools are kept relevant and joining the fight in being there for everyone who needs us. 

From a personal perspective, it can be very difficult to know what the right thing say is to say when someone you deeply care for is going through their darkest of days. Mind offered me a fountain of information, guidance and reassurance on how my behaviour and of those around, can help that person get through the dark days and into the sunnier days ahead 💙 

So, thank you so much for your donation, it really does mean a lot. If you are around Manchester on the 16th April, look out for me and my T-Rex-like run and if you WANT to bring wine for the finish line - that is absolutely OK! 

P.S. Leave a song recommendation in the comments to add to my Marathon playlist!!!!!! 

https://www.mind.org.uk/about-us/