After many event cancellations, I will be running my first Bath Half Marathon on 16th October 2022 and I will being doing so in support of the brilliant local young persons' mental health charity Off the Record B&NES.
Off the Record Bath and North East Somerset (OTR) improves the emotional health and wellbeing of young people. OTR want every young person to be emotionally healthy, confident and empowered in themselves. The charity provide a range of free services including counselling, listening support, youth participation, advocacy and specialist groups, support for care leavers and a LGBTQ+ focused youth group.
Research from the Centre of Mental Health shows that, in England, 1.5 million children and young people under 18 will need new or additional mental health support as a direct consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. The impact of the pandemic on young people's mental health is similarly reflected in the increase of referrals received by OTR in recent months.
Off the Record provided me with vital wellbeing support as a young person and now as an employee, I continue to see the difference that their support can make to young people in the local area.
Please donate whatever you can to help me to support this amazing charity- thank you!