This May, I’m taking on 5K a Day to support the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) a cause that means more to me than I can put into a single sentence.
For nineteen years, I carried things in silence. I know what it feels like to think you have to handle everything alone. I know what it feels like when the world goes quiet around you. And I know how heavy life can get when you don’t think you can talk about it.
That’s why I’m doing this.
I’m raising money to support CALM’s lifesaving services the ones that pick up the phone when someone feels like they’ve run out of options. Every donation helps them reach more people who feel the way I once did.
If you want to support the challenge, you can do on my just giving page.
CALM stands against suicide.
That means standing against hopelessness, challenging the stereotypes that keep people silent, and standing together to show that life is always worth living even when it doesn’t feel like it.
Every week, 125 people in the UK take their own lives.
That number isn’t abstract to me. It’s a reminder of how many people are still walking around with stories they’re too scared to say out loud.
CALM exists to change that through front line support, national conversation, and by bringing people together to reject the idea of “living miserably.”
I’m walking every day in May because nobody should feel like they’re walking their hardest miles alone.
Not anymore.
Not if I can help it.
If you can support this by donating, sharing, or simply spreading the message thank you. It genuinely matters.