Hi All,

Some of you may be aware, that I co founded a mental health group called D.C.T.C. We are on our first challenge to show to people that you are not alone and that we can do anything as a team, pick people up and carry each other forward to a much more positive way of life.

We are embarking on the 25k Thames trek, across 16 bridges (my fear 🙈) on the 14th September.

Below is a mission statement from our website. We completely understand that times are tough for everybody but anything small is very much appreciated. ❤️

D.C.T.C mission statement:

A group of data centre and security professionals walk into a bar… No, not the start of a corny joke, but the beginning of something significant.

After a successful and full-on data centre show in Frankfurt, Tim Northwood and Keri Feeney from Inner Range, and Glenn Stephenson, Alan Kavanagh and Paul Slocombe from Datalec Precision Installations, (now our founding members), started chatting about the data centre space, about the show, about life in general.

We noticed a lack of conversation in our industry about mental health despite many of us being touched by it in some way or another. So, we thought, wouldn’t it be great if there was somewhere we could go to talk to each other without fear of censure or embarrassment? Somewhere we could check in on each other? Wouldn’t it be great if there was somewhere we could support worthy mental health charities?

And the Data. Centre. Triangle. Club. was created.

Our mission: To start conversations, to check in with each other, to provide a safe space to chat, and ultimately normalise talking about mental health in the security industry.

We’re Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), and we’re a suicide prevention charity. We’ve got loads of tools and resources to help people find the support they need, including a life-saving helpline for people who can’t see a way forward, have lost someone to suicide, or are worried about their friends or loved ones.

£12.20 is enough to fund one potentially life-saving call.