Simon's ride across France for John
simon brown is raising money for PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide
In memory of John Worthington
Story
All proceeds go to charity, I am solely funding the full trip out of my own pocket.
Just over one year ago to the day, my brother took his own life. Over the last 4 years of his life, he suffered from severe depression and anxiety. We could see his descent and in his depressed and anxiety fuelled mental state he never reached out to us for help. He did not want to burden us with his mental state and the things he was going through at the time. He did however in his final year make a real effort to seek help from the NHS and the wellbeing service. He was unfortunately let down in a very big way. After over a year of trying to get help and being referred to multiple professionals and being put on waiting list after waiting lists, he was seriously let down, and in the end decided he could no longer take it and decided to take his own life. He was my best friend and I miss him every day. He may be at peace now, but he left a massive hole in our lives.
As many of you may know, John was a huge motorcycle enthusiast and I believe, if he could, he would marry one. It was something we shared and I never saw him as happy as he was when on two wheels. So this is why I have decided to raise awareness and money for PAPYRUS (Prevention of Young Suicide) by taking the road trip we had always planned on taking and sharing his story with as many people as possible. He always wanted everyone to enjoy life, even if he couldn’t.
My plan is to ride from my home, through the channel tunnel (On the train, not my bike), arrive in Calais and head west, visiting as many amazing sites as I can, then South to the Spanish border, East to Monaco and back up through the Rhones Alpes and through Paris and back to the UK over 21 days. The whole time keeping my justgiving page and all my social media updated.
£20 can cover the cost of a call from a young person reaching out to Papyrus for help when they’re in distress, overcome their pain and stay safe.
£1200 would help Papyrus deliver 5 mental health and suicide awareness sessions to young people.
John’s story:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/nsft-john-worthington-delays-asperger-s-psychology-service-1-5388960
Just over one year ago to the day, my brother took his own life. Over the last 4 years of his life, he suffered from severe depression and anxiety. We could see his descent and in his depressed and anxiety fuelled mental state he never reached out to us for help. He did not want to burden us with his mental state and the things he was going through at the time. He did however in his final year make a real effort to seek help from the NHS and the wellbeing service. He was unfortunately let down in a very big way. After over a year of trying to get help and being referred to multiple professionals and being put on waiting list after waiting lists, he was seriously let down, and in the end decided he could no longer take it and decided to take his own life. He was my best friend and I miss him every day. He may be at peace now, but he left a massive hole in our lives.
As many of you may know, John was a huge motorcycle enthusiast and I believe, if he could, he would marry one. It was something we shared and I never saw him as happy as he was when on two wheels. So this is why I have decided to raise awareness and money for PAPYRUS (Prevention of Young Suicide) by taking the road trip we had always planned on taking and sharing his story with as many people as possible. He always wanted everyone to enjoy life, even if he couldn’t.
My plan is to ride from my home, through the channel tunnel (On the train, not my bike), arrive in Calais and head west, visiting as many amazing sites as I can, then South to the Spanish border, East to Monaco and back up through the Rhones Alpes and through Paris and back to the UK over 21 days. The whole time keeping my justgiving page and all my social media updated.
£20 can cover the cost of a call from a young person reaching out to Papyrus for help when they’re in distress, overcome their pain and stay safe.
£1200 would help Papyrus deliver 5 mental health and suicide awareness sessions to young people.
John’s story:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/nsft-john-worthington-delays-asperger-s-psychology-service-1-5388960