Rosie's Mount Toubkal Hike for Mind Over Mountains
Rosie Watson is raising money for Mind Over Mountains
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Heading to Mount Toubkal! 🏔️
This September, I’ll be taking on an exciting challenge—climbing Mount Toubkal, the highest peak in North Africa.
Mind Over Mountains is a charity offering professional mental well-being support bringing together walking in nature, mindfulness & time with experienced coaches & counsellors - in an unhurried, unpressured setting.
I have chosen this charity particularly for the support they provide to our emergency responders, running bespoke retreats and events to meet the needs of different groups and experiences.
Facing the facts on mental health...
- Mental ill health costs £300bn a year in England alone, comparable economically to a pandemic every year (Centre for Mental Health, 2024)
- Two-thirds of all UK emergency responders report lived experience of mental ill health (48% depression, 48% anxiety, 21% PTSD). 21% of emergency responders describe their mental health as poor or very poor (Mind, 2019)
- A police officer can see 400-600 traumatic events during their career, compared to 3-4 serious lifetime events experienced by a typical member of the public (Police Federation, 2021)
-Rates of anxiety among firefighters is twice the general population, and rates of depression three times the general population (UCLan, 2023)
- In England and Wales, a police officer dies by suicide every 2.5 weeks (ONS, 2023)
-Stress, anxiety and depression and other psychiatric illnesses are the most common reason for absence in the NHS (Nuffield Trust, 2023).
This is the stark reality of mental health within some of our most important public services - but they are challenges that our charity can help you to overcome' - Mind Over Mountains
The trip is 100% self-funded. All donations will go directly to the charity. There’s absolutely no pressure, any contribution, big or small, is very much appreciated ☺️