Op's Girls 

From 14^th – 16^th June we will be attempting to climb the National
3 Peaks in 24 hours. We will be trekking over 26 miles and ascending a total height of almost 3,000m - Ben Nevis (1,344m), Scafell Pike (978m) and Snowdon (1,085m).

Our chosen charity for this challenge is Mind.

Even though 1 in 4 people have mental health problems, most of us don’t get the help we need.

This has to change.

Police officers attend jobs involving mental health problems almost every shift. Most of these are where people have hit crisis and are requesting help. As Officers we are great at giving advice and providing help and assistance for others in crisis, but often don’t take care of our own mental health.

It’s easy to forget the amount of traumatic incidents we witness during our daily jobs. Some of these incidents can have a lasting effect on Officers mental health. Mind is there as a support network to offer information, advice and referrals to local
services. 

Mind work along side Police Care UK to provide mental health support to serving and retired Police officers.

As Police we need to get better at asking for help and looking after our own mental health. We need to start talking about struggles and accepting that we are not invincible!

We’re Mind. We’re here to fight mental health. For support, for respect, for you.

We change minds across England and Wales by making mental health an everyday priority. By standing up to the injustices – in healthcare, in work, in law – which make life harder for those of us with mental health problems.

We support minds – offering help whenever you might need it through our information, advice and local services.

And we connect minds. Bringing together an unstoppable network of individuals and communities – people who care about mental health to make a difference.

Join us in the fight for mental health. We won’t stop until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect.