De-stigmatise mental illness and Support the NHS

Aim

Myself friends will all be logging our efforts to walk etc. as many KM by the 13th July, in memory of a friend who left us far too soon.

For the whole of May and June and a little bit of July, I’ll be recording every rowing, cycling, walking etc.  session that I do in an effort to raise money for ReThink.org and the Ashby ward at Lincoln hospital. I’ll be doing this because in February I lost a very close friend Emma who is very much loved and adored by a lot of people. I’ll also be doing it to raise awareness of the dangers of alcoholism because I wouldn’t have needed to be in a rehab ward had it not that a history of alcoholism led to an oesophageal bleed and a brain injury that caused paralysis. I’m doing this for all the amazing staff at Ashby who I couldn’t have recovered so quickly without, and I probably would still be paralysed if it weren’t for them. They fed me, washed me, made me laugh and smile even when I physically couldn't.

All of my proceeds will be divided equally.  A lot of my other friends will also be doing similar charitable deeds for Emma because she was one of the most amazing people you could ever hope to meet and I feel privileged that she was in my life for so long. so if you feel you want to donate to the cause through my friends pages too that would be greatly appreciate, I’ll be tagging everyone so just look out for your name.  Please donate to this because honestly I wouldn’t be where I am now if it weren’t for these amazing people. Emma was more of a sister to me than I could ever describe, and I vow to stay strong in honour of you and so that you’ll never be forgotten and mental health, especially the ones that are stigmatised (you’ve all seen Split, it’s a horrific portrayal of a heart-breaking disease) , can take steps towards being fully understood.

The NHS is so underfunded that I’ll be donating to Ashby ward because they’re so, so amazing and underpaid and overworked and anything I can do to help them out like they helped me would be great. And they’re not allowed to forget me, I won’t let them.  They will have a permanent reminder of me, so please donate!!! If I forgot anyone please don’t take it personally it’s just because I have a brain like a fart.

This project successfully funded on 28th May 2021