Christine Smith

Christine's Boot the Blues Fundraising mental health walk

Fundraising for Tyneside Mind
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Boot the Blues Fundraising mental health walk, 15 September 2017
The Boot the Blues fundraising walk along Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland has been organised by fundraising volunteer Imani Summer. Participants can join the whole walk or part. imanisummer@yahoo.com

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Back in January I met, via FaceBook, a great bunch of people walking/running/swimming for MIND's RED (Run Every Day) January - the group was so supportive of each other through snow, wind and rain and reached milestones many had only ever dreamt about. Now some of that intrepid team plus friends and family, led by Imani Summer, are going to walk 28 miles of Hadrian's Wall from 15-17 September to raise money for MIND. 

Imani's story is quite harrowing but her running journey since January to improve her mental health and help others along the way is inspiring.  In January she went from couch to 5K, conquered her nerves to participate in her local Park Run, run the Bamburgh 10K and regularly kicks up the sand along the Northumberland coast - during these past months she has had periods of bad mental health but has shared her amazing flamingo doodles, pushed herself to organise her #Boot the Blues walk, met representatives of MIND and MPs at Westminster and ensured that mental health is talked about and not hidden away. Imani, you are a star!!

So, I am going to get out and do as much walking as I can around Dorset whilst Imani and the Flamingo crew tramp along Hadrian's Wall waving their flamingo flags and generally causing havoc!   

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The Boot the Blues fundraising walk along Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland has been organised by fundraising volunteer Imani Summer. Participants can join the whole walk or part. imanisummer@yahoo.com

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Tyneside Mind

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We are a mental heath charity providing services across Tyneside and Northumberland to help and support local people who are experiencing mental health problems.

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