Charity founder runs from Chester-Le-Street to Downing Street calling for better suicide prevention
If U Care Share Founder Matthew Smith will be running from their offices in Chester-le-Street to 10 Downing Street a total of 289 miles over 11 days to deliver a letter to government.
The letter will be signed by the Chief Executives of the UK's most prominent mental health charities, asking for more to be done around Suicide Prevention.
Currently within the levelling up paper there is no mention of Mental Health or Suicide Prevention despite Suicide being the biggest killer of men in the U.K. and If U Care Share would like to see this changed.
Matthew will set off each day around 09:30, and they have created a live tracker so people can follow his route.
Matthew founded If U Care Share in memory of his brother Daniel who took his own life when Matthew was 10-years-old.
He set off on the first leg of the run on Sunday 28 August.
He'll also be running wearing a top that includes the names of loved ones lost to suicide.
The run will end at Downing Street on the 7th September.
Matthew's Run to London to prevent Suicide
28th August - If U Care Share Office - Yarm
29th August - Yarm - Topcliffe
30th August - Topcliffe - Tadcaster
31st August - Tadcaster - Bawtry
1st September - Bawtry - Coddington
2nd September - Coddington - Grantham
3rd September - Grantham - Peterborough
4th September - Peterborough - Huntingdon
5th September - Huntingdon - Buntingford
6th September - Buntingford - Harringay
7th September - Harringay - 10 Downing Street
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