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Mind has launched a campaign to get people who have or are experiencing mental ill health into exercise. New research, shows that 80% of people with mental health problems who do not take part in sport, are put off because they feel self-conscious about their bodies. Nearly 70% of people told Mind that they feel their mental health makes taking part too difficult. The findings come as Mind launches “Get Set to Go”, a new programme to support 75,000 people with mental health problems to take up sport.

To support this campaign and to increase awareness of these difficulties Doncaster Mind is planning to complete multiple sporting events to total the number of miles from Doncaster, England to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, home of the 2016 Olympic Games. The total number of miles to complete by Saturday 5 August is 5,848 miles which works out 293 miles each day!

And I am doing my bit to help !!! I will be taking part in the 12 mile walk - called the Gold Walk - on 27th July.

This walk will be in the Peak District, starting at Fox House Inn, Longshaw. Leaving Doncaster Mind at 9.00am with a view to start walking at 10.30am.
This walk will take approximately 5 hours to complete.

Umesh

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