Suicide awareness in Cumbria driven by key workers’ 2KM daily challenge

Suicide awareness in Cumbria driven by key workers’ 2KM daily challenge

A team of 12 friends and colleagues including key workers and emergency response staff have come together to raise awareness about suicide in Cumbria by each running 2km every day for 100 days. Many of them are not runners and almost everyone on the team has been affected by suicide personally or through their work. They have already run more than 800 miles (Land’s End to John O’Groats is a mere 603 miles as the crow flies) and raised over £1,200 for local charity, Suicide Bereavement Support.

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Ready, steady … wait for lockdown … go! Shaun (10) runs 10km run in memory of his dad

Ready, steady … wait for lockdown … go! Shaun (10) runs 10km run in memory of his dad

Having waited for more than five months to complete his 10km charity run, Shaun Mayall (10) has finally undertaken the challenge and raised over £5,000 for Suicide Bereavement Support (SBS). The schoolboy from Cockermouth sadly lost his dad, Andy, to suicide in 2014 and decided to honour his memory by challenging himself to run 10km in December. Lockdown, however, put paid to his plans and the youngster was forced to delay.

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