Josh Brown
Grace Dear Touch Rugby Social 7s Tournament
Fundraising for The Grace Dear Trust
Story
We are hosting The Grace Dear Social Touch Rugby 7’s Tournament on Saturday 14th of May 2022. We aim to have up to 32 teams participating to raise much needed funds for this amazing mental health awareness charity.
Please donate if and what you can. Every penny raised will help spread awareness and help save lives.
Please read the story behind The Grace Dear Trust below and the amazing work they do in the Elmbridge Area.
Our charity was set up after losing our beloved daughter and sister, Grace Dear, to suicide aged just 27 inFebruary 2017. Grace had been suffering with depression and anxiety from the age of 13, but hadn’t felt she could reach out to anyone to help her make sense of her feelings. Not knowing why she felt the way she did, she suffered in silence for many years.Our trust works to educate young people, encouraging them to talk about their feelings and make mental health an everyday topic of conversation. "it's ok not to be ok"
The Grace Dear Trust is a mental health charity we set up recently after losing our daughter and sister, Grace, to suicide aged just 27 in February 2017. Our aim is to help save the lives of other young people suffering with mental health issues. Grace had been suffering with depression and anxiety from the age of 13, but hadn’t felt she could reach out to anyone to help her make sense of her feelings.
Not knowing why, she suffered in silence for many years. Eventually when Grace spoke out we tried to give the best help possible, but unfortunately it was too late.
“We want to raise awareness amongst school children, giving support to those who need it and preventing others from suffering so long in silence. We do this by funding seminars in schools, where guest speakers help young people understand the importance of mental well‐being.
We want to fund counsellors to visit schools, giving young people the help they need promptly and in an environment that isn’t intimidating. We also want to create a local network of professionals that young adults can reach out to.”