Good Morning, and Happy Friday!!! 🙌🏼😍

Yesterday a close friend of mine decided to raise a modest £250 for a close cause of his. Within 12 hours he reached his target. I couldn’t help but feel inspired to do something similar myself. For that matter, I have found the motivation to raise money and awareness for a cause of my own, ManchesterMind,  a local subsidiary of Mind. Throughout recent struggles of my own mothers, it would mean a lot to me to support a cause that helps people get through similar situations. I have witnessed first hand how underfunded, understaffed and how detrimental mental health issues can have not only on the individual, but their family and friends. Mental health is not something you can fix with a singular hospital appointment like a broken leg. It takes weeks, months or even years of self assessment, conversations or therapy and any other means necessary. 

Thankfully, and gratefully, the struggles of those people close to me have made significant progress and I'm sure with the help of charities such as Mind, many other will also find the way through.

This is my story, I'm certain there are plenty more stories out there. The only thing I hope to achieve from this for myself is a feeling of satisfaction from doing a nice thing. The more you donate, the better I feel!

I'm setting myself a 3-Part Goal within 3 months:

1 - Run a 5K in less than 20 minutes 🏃‍♂️

This is something I said I’d do after a few beers around 2 years ago 🍺 Still haven’t managed it! Time to take my training seriously?

2 - Complete a 10K Tough Mudder challenge 🧗

This is just ridiculous, 15 Obstacles along the
way including Ice Plunges 🧊 Electrical Shocks ⚡️ and lots of Mud! 💩

https://toughmudder.co.uk/obstacles/

3 - Complete the National 3 Peak hikes in less than 24 hours 🏔

Ben Nevis ➡️ Scaffel Pike ➡️ Mount Snowden. Each one of these is a challenge in itself not to mention with two screws in my knee 😆

https://www.threepeakschallenge.uk/national-three-peaks-challenge/

The Goal is £500 💰 to be raised for ManchesterMind 🧠

The Deadline is ❌ 1st September 2022 ❌

I hope you can appreciate how challenging this will be. Each one of these is a serious challenge in itself and I've set a 3 month time frame to complete it. I will update you all along the way and try to document each of the challenges as much as possible.

Manchester Mind is an independent, local charity, which supports over 6,500 children, young people and adults each year. We believe that everyone deserves to be supported in their mental health needs and we have a part to play in that. Our charity values the commitment of our staff and volunteers, who work hard to ensure services are delivered in a way that enables people to feel heard and involved. Donations and help from our fantastic supporters make a real difference, so thank you for being part of our success this year.