Hiya, Paul here.

I probably haven’t mentioned it but I’m entering the Sheffield Half Marathon in a few weeks. While I’ve been a keen footballer all my life, I’ve always hated long-distance runs and usually tried to cheat at the school cross country (the last time I tried to run further than 100m without stopping), so this is all new to me.

I’m enjoying getting a bit fitter and having a new challenge, and it feels like it would be a missed opportunity if I didn’t make some effort to raise funds for a valuable local charity. I’ve joined up with my mate Alex Marshall (I'm not even going to attempt to keep up with him), and together we’ve chosen to raise funds for Sheffield Flourish.

We lost a close friend to mental health not long ago, Andy Dodds, and would love you to support us in raising money to help others who are in the same boat as Andy was.

Thanks for your donation.

Paul and Alex

Sheffield Flourish supports people living with or affected by mental health to use their skills, ideas and talents to build the lives they wish to lead, through creative, mental-health friendly activities, co-production and digital tools.

More information can be found here; https://sheffieldflourish.co.uk/