Team Hamezi takes on The Great York Walk 2021!

A project by: Tamara Muroiwa

Successful

WE RAISED £30

from 2 donors

We’re walking the world to fundraise for groundbreaking mental health research and initiatives

We NEED YOUR HELP!

We’re taking on The Great York Walk, a challenge walking event that will help to transform mental health by raising funds for Mentally Fit York at the University of York. Mental ill-health doesn't discriminate and right now, mental health has never been more important as the social implications of coronavirus begin to unravel. So together with loads of other people - some with a connection to York, some with no connection - we’re going to be counting our daily steps for the next three months (10th May - 31st July) to contribute to a 25,000 mile walking goal. That's the equivalent of a walk around the Earth!

Please donate anything you can to help our target and improve mental health in York and beyond! :)

about mentally fit york

Our walk will be in aid of Mentally Fit York, which works to promote good mental health on a local, national and international scale. Your support will be used to fund initiatives such as 24/7 mental health support for York students and research projects to further our understanding of mental health issues and the barriers to accessing support services.

Your support may also go towards providing suicide prevention training, Mental Health Nursing Scholarships or it could contribute to a range of other initiatives which are decided by an expert panel of mental health and wellbeing researchers, practitioners and advocates. Find out more about what Mentally Fit York has supported here.

Why?

We really believe in the power of activity to improve mental health and health overall. Despite having set up our funding page well into the challenge (eeek!) we’ve been hard at it with the walking aspect of the challenge (or in Ree’s case, the hour-long cycles through the trans-Pennine trail!), and your support and encouragement to keep going are very much appreciated. The wider community has aced the challenge already, completing the original route in two weeks rather than twelve, and is adding more routes (last week we virtually reached the beautiful Vic Falls in Ree’s native Zimbabwe). With your help, let’s see how many times we can circle the globe!