I’m going to be running The Amazing Northampton Run - Half Marathon on September 14th 2025. I wanted to combine it with fundraising for a worthy cause, and one linked to mental health.

I chose PAPYRUS (details on their cause below) because although I’ve been lucky enough not to have lost anybody close to me due to suicide, I believe that removing the stigma around mental health will help to keep it that way.

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.

Suicide is the biggest killer of people aged 35 and under in the UK. We believe that suicide is preventable.

PAPYRUS was founded in 1997 by a group of bereaved parents, who had each lost children to suicide. Our founding parents shared core beliefs that suicide is preventable, and that those of us with lived experience of suicide have a valuable and unique contribution to make to the wider conversation around suicide.