24th July 2021 my beloved Justin , husband , father, much loved doctor and friend to many took his own life in what felt like a spontaneous, out of character shocking devastating act.

We have been left reeling as a family with so many questions and what ifs...

Many people( men in particular) hold their internal world and struggles closely hidden away and the burden of doing so may lead to catastrophic life changing actions. This is what happened to Justin, when a spur of the moment feeling of desperation ended in the tragic loss of his life.

There will never be a world where we eradicate all suicides but we can do better. I would like to use the experience of my personal loss and my life working as a GP to raise awareness and money to help support and prevent so many losing their lives in this way. My Justin was one in a million, kind, empathic, caring , passionate about his medical work and I would like to honour his memory by raising money for MIND.. a resource I use all the time . Please help me raise as much as possible. It has taken me 4 years to be able to get to the stage where I feel that I can throw my energy into helping with this ultimate of mental health crisis.