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I am absolutely honoured to be doing the London marathon for talk club in 2025 because Without a doubt running has saved my own life and helped my own mental wellness.

I began running just over two years ago, it has helped my own mental and physical health in ways I never thought possible.

running has enabled me to build community, a place to talk and share and a place for me to process my own emotions. a place for me to feel alive and at peace in my own mind and body.

As a trans man I have always felt uncomfortable in most sports but running has always felt to me so inclusive and a powerful way to build connection whether that has been with others or just connection with self.

It will also be a huge personal achievement to take on the London marathon, I would love to prove to myself and other trans men/trans folk who have struggled that this is possible to achieve.

I want to do this for talk club. For those men. For all those trans men and I want to do it for the younger Samo that never believed that I could be here!

What is a Talk Club?

Talk Club is a UK male mental fitness charity that provides Talk & Listen, Talk & Exercise, and

Therapy Group sessions to adults who identify as male (aged 18+). Talk Club transforms the

way men connect through creating safe and confidential spaces for men to be vulnerable and

open, without judgment. Each group starts and finishes by asking ‘How are you? Out of 10?’

This question is a simple and effective framework that unlocks conversation by giving men a

way to measure their feelings so they can begin to describe why. We reframe mental health as

“mental fitness”, removing associated stigmas and allowing us to culturally integrate into male-

dominated spaces. In 2023, Talk Club reached a total of 100 established clubs that supported

over 4000 men across the country. The average check in and check out numbers from 5.9 to

7.4 - an increase by 15% just through the power of talking and listening.

Your donation towards my target could support the following…

£50 = provides the materials Talk Club needs to spread the word about Mental Fitness

£500 = The cost of training a Captain and setting up a Talk Club.

£1,500 = The cost of setting up a Therapy Group delivered using the Talk Club format.

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