I have joined one of the most arduous and mind blowing expeditions in the northernmost region of the earth: a 110kms snowshoe trek across the Artic on March and a training week in Sweden.

An adventure… a challenge… a test of the human limits, or at least my limits and a great exercise of fellowship and resilience.

Where focus, fear, survival skills and the ability to withstand adversity meet the relentless polar conditions, working towards that mental state where nothing else exists but the present and your journey.

This is precisely the goal of Isle of Listen, charity for which I’m raising funds towards.

Please help me to provide Isle of Listen with the funds.

Isle Listen is a mental health charitable organisation part of MCH Psychological Services, an Isle of Man registered charity with nearly 40 years experience providing psychological support. The essential work is centred around mental health early intervention and prevention; helping to avoid the unnecessary escalation of mental health problems in young people. 

They have made progress during the 2021/22 academic year, to now be providing our mental health support and wide-reaching educational programme in all 6 secondary schools and 27 of the 33 primary schools on the Island, but there is still much to do. 

Services are provided free of charge as they do not receive any government funding, thus relying on charitable fundraising. 

They aim to be a catalyst for change in the way that mental health is perceived on the Island helping to empower the Islands young people with skills and emotional resilience to cope with the stresses and setbacks they will face throughout life.