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A Massive Thank you!

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I’m here to say thank you to each and everyone of you that has donated to the Medway Samaritans.

I’m pleased to say I completed the run and we have raised £1791which is totally amazing. To put this in some sort of context it costs around £1600 per month for the Medway Samaritans to operate.
Thank you so much! And … it’s not too late, if you wish its still possible to donate here.

In the UK, someone dies from suicide every 90 minutes.
1 in 4 of us have had suicidal thoughts.
Samaritans answers a telephone call every 10 seconds.
Males are 3 times more likely to die by suicide than females.
The highest suicide rate overall is amongst males aged 50-54.
The highest suicide rate amongst females is 45-49.

More detailed stats may be found here.

If you read those statistics and find yourself wanting to make a difference, please donate to Samaritans and/or consider volunteering for Samaritans.

In the meantime, if you are struggling, please don’t struggle alone … call 116 123 … there will always be someone there to answer your call (though in busy times such as 2300 – 0500) you may have to wait a little longer than normal.

Running for Samaritans

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The Samaritans are an amazing organisation that are always available to take calls from people that need to talk.

On Sunday 9th November I will be running in the Chatham Maritime 10k and hope to raise £1000 for the local Medway Samaritans.

There are very good reasons for me doing this, including my way of giving thanks to a group of people who were lovingly and openly present when I needed someone to talk to. You can read more about that part of my story on my fundraising page which you can see by clicking here.

Please do consider making a donation. Every donation will pay the bills which will enable the Medway Samaritans to take calls from people who need to talk. Thank you for your generosity …. and if I reach the £1000 and you still want to donate … that’s cool too!