Mum, Dad and I are running the Royal Parks Half Marathon this October (next month!).

Together we have decided to raise money for the amazing Growing Well- a mental health charity based in Cumbria.

Growing Well help those struggling with their mental health towards recovery through horticulture.

Besides the many things that are amazing about Growing Well, we particularly resonate with its understanding that for a significant proportion of individuals, talking therapy is not always the best solution to recovery, despite being the most commonly prescribed form of therapy.

Embracing this, the specialist team at growing well offer an alternative form of therapy, through outdoor activity on their vegetable farms, involving sowing, growing and harvesting.

This allows beneficiaries to set goals to work towards, provides them with structure to their weeks and introduces them to a friendly community of people, amongst other things- all of which can make a life changing difference to an individuals mental health. What’s particularly striking is that many say that the day they attend growing well is the best day of their week.

Growing well being a small charity, and fundraising and grants being hard to bag as of current, means that fundraisers like this run will have great impact in allowing growing well to continue to do their fabulous work.

So please, please donate what you can, it will mean so much to us, but even more so to Growing Well and its beneficiaries!

Sarah, Joel and Alice xx