Last year I lost a close friend, one of my best friends for close to 30 years, who I have grown up with since reception year of primary school, to suicide. 

Sadly I did not know the struggles Markus was going through, much like most men don’t know about their fellow colleagues, friends or family, because we are ‘too proud’ or ‘tough it out’. 

Globally, the rate of suicide is alarmingly high, particularly in men. Too many men are ‘toughing it out’, keeping their feelings to themselves and struggling in silence. Help me stop men dying too young.

I am running the Leeds Marathon to raise funds for Andys Man Club 

ANDYSMANCLUB want to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health and create a judgement free, confidential space where men can be open about the storms in their lives. They aim to achieve this through weekly, free-to-attend peer-to-peer support groups.

Death ends a life, not a relationship. 

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