"just knowing someone hears me or sees me can be enough for me to start stepping back from the negative thoughts and challenge them" (Niamh Brownlee)... being that someone resonates with me.

What drives me to always be there is the training received from PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide

So after a year of deeply personal physical , mental and emotional challenges since being diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's , three of the tallest peaks to climb doesn't seem so daunting now...

By supporting me you're actively contributing to saving lives and working with PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide who is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.

Suicide is the biggest killer of people aged 35 and under in the UK. We believe that suicide is preventable.

PAPYRUS was founded in 1997 by a group of bereaved parents, who had each lost children to suicide. Our founding parents shared core beliefs that suicide is preventable, and that those of us with lived experience of suicide have a valuable and unique contribution to make to the wider conversation around suicide.

Since then, PAPYRUS has grown into a UK-wide charity with offices in north west England, south west England, West Midlands, London, Northern Ireland, north Wales, south Wales, and Scotland.