I am running the Great North Run this year to raise money for PAPYRUS - a UK charity for the prevention of young suicide. PAPYRUS is an organisation very close to my heart, as i myself have accessed their services in a time of struggle. PAPYRUS exists to reduce the number of young people who take their own lives, by shattering the stigma surrounding suicide and equipping young people and their communities with the skills to recognise and respond to emotional distress. Running my first half-marathon will be hard, but it will feel like nothing compared to the work that PAPYRUS has done for people like me.