James Wentworth-Stanley took his own life, aged 21, on December 15th
 2006.
 Like so many young men and women who commit suicide, James had so much 
to live for. He was bright, good looking and charming, with no history
 of mental illness nor depression. He was not a heavy drinker nor a drug
 user. His decline from being his normal, happy self to being anxious,
 depressed and ultimately suicidal occurred in just two weeks and those close to
 him were unable to appreciate the severity of what was happening. This
 is a frightening thought for many of you I am sure. 
 James was at Newcastle University in his 2nd year, and was the same age 
as me. I cannot think of a 
charity that I would rather run 26.2 miles for. 

 Can you imagine feeling like there is no way out, no solution to your
 problems other than to take your own life? Suicide is the greatest cause of
 death amongst young men and women in the UK, with
 around 15 suicides a day in 2006, this is a problem that must be tackled 
openly rather than swept under the carpet!

 The James Wentworth-Stanley Memorial fund has been set up by James's 
parents to help raise awareness of anxiety, depression and suicide 
amongst young people.
 Please sponsor me to help raise awareness of this problem, and to strive
 to ensure young people know where to turn for help when depressed or
 anxious. Help to remove the stigma of mental illness. It affects the 
brightest and most brilliant people in this world, and has no regard for
 back ground or circumstance. 

 I am not a natural runner at all and this is proving to be a far greater challenge than I ever thought it would be. Please help to increase my determination to complete this in 3 hours 59 minutes by sponsoring me......Thank you. Poppy xxx
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