The Fathers Nerwork Scotland team are raising money! Nick Thorpe, Sam Pringle, Nick Smithers and Gregor Smithers are running the Mens Health 10k.

Our friend David Drysdale was an Edinburgh-based social entrepreneur and founder of Fathers Network Scotland. In late March 2015, a routine check-up on back pain led to the devastating diagnosis of a rare and aggressive cancer, which subsequently paralysed David from the chest down. Despite facing debilitating bouts of chemotherapy David faced his situation with immense courage.

Sadly David lost his fight with the disease after his second round of chemotherapy and died on 4th July aged 50.

While David was undergoing treatment for cancer his wife Misol gave birth to their second child Maya, a baby sister to Manow.

We hope you'll sponsor us in our bid to raise money in the forthcoming Mens Health 10K on November 6th and help us to ease the difficult situation in which David's family now find themselves. The suddenness of the illness meant David was unable to leave the financial arrangements in place which he would have wished.

The money will be used to help David's family in difficult times. As an inspiring leader in various enterprises across the years, David dedicated his energies to helping men and fathers to step into the fullness of life, both as nurturing parents and supportive partners and friends. We hope our efforts will at help his bereaved wife and children in their time of stress and need.