Emma and I have chosen to raise money for our local mental health charity ‘Mind Bexley and East Kent’. We will both be braving a tandem sky dive and would be absolutely thrilled if you would sponsor us for an amazing cause.

We feel incredibly passionate about raising awareness surrounding mental health and wellness and would love to help raise money towards improving local mental health services.

Both Emma and I have had our own struggles with mental health over the years and have both had to seek help and guidance from health services for anxiety and low mood, in getting help it is really empowering to know that actually you are not alone and that mental health issues affect so many of us. Yet many of us are still too ashamed to talk openly. By making the initial step to realising you need help is so important and if more of us were open about our own mental health struggles it would help break the stigma.

Our aim is to raise awareness. We want to get more of us confident enough to speak out about how we feel and how we can cope with our own mental health struggles be that long or short term. If we help just one person make a change then we've succeeded in our mission!

It’s no surprise that mental health services are more stretched than ever, with many people struggling with the increasing cost of living, stress, anxiety and depression will affect most of us at some point in our lifetime.

Nobody should ever have to struggle alone, and by raising all important funds for 'Mind' they can help those in need find their options and get help and advice when they need it most.