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London Marathon 2017

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How inspirational was the London Marathon 2017!?
Having so many people come together and run in aid of raising money and awareness for mental health, this in itself is motivation enough to get our voices out there as we shall not and cannot suffer in silence any longer! Mental health is an important subject and yesterday really helped to prove that! 

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge greet runners ahead of the London Marathon 2017. The runners pictured are running on behalf of the Heads Together campaign.

The runners that partook in the London Marathon and ran for Heads Together had two goals when choosing to run for this cause.

1.The first is to kickstart a big conversation in their communities – with friends, family, and co-workers – about ending the stigma that still surrounds mental health.

2. And the second goal is to raise money for the inspiring charities that provide practical support to those who need it.

Bryony Gordon receives a hug before the race from Prince Harry. This week Bryony spoke to Prince Harry exclusively for the Telegraph about how he sought counselling following the death of his mother, Princess Diana.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry showed their incredible support for the run by cheering from the sidelines and giving runners high fives and supportive hugs and handshakes!
The three royals were tasked with sounding the klaxon to officially start the race, and set the tone for the day after being photographed larking about with their air horns.

The Duke of Cambridge hugs a runner as he hands out water 

With the royal family so boldly standing behind this campaign sharing their own experiences I feel this helps show that it doesn’t matter if you are royalty or a celebrity mental health can affect us all! We all have a story to tell.

So many runners who were involved in the London Marathon have amazing stories they have shared which you can read on the Heads Together website here.

I especially loved this story I stumbled across about a gentlemen from my own home town of High Wycombe, read Jamies story here and I hope you get as inspired as I have been!

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Heads Together

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I am so delighted to see that the royal family are involved in promoting awareness for mental health!
They speak very openly about what they have witnessed in their work regarding mental health and the importance they put on wanting others to have the help they need to support themselves or friends and family. They are encouraging many to break the stigma so that stigma no longer prevents people getting help they need.

“The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are spearheading the Heads Together campaign to end stigma around mental health. Heads Together aims to change the national conversation on mental health and wellbeing, and is a partnership with inspiring charities with decades of experience in tackling stigma, raising awareness, and providing vital help for people with mental health challenges.”

2017 London Marathon Charity of the Year 

Heads Together has been awarded the huge privilege of being the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon Charity of the Year.
As the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon Charity of the Year, Heads Together will have marathon places available where runners will be able to raise vital funds and awareness for the eight charity partners.

  1. YoungMinds
  2. Best Beginnings
  3. CALM – The Campaign Against Living Miserably
  4. Contact (a military mental health coalition)
  5. Place2Be
  6. TheMix
  7. Mind
  8. Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families

Training Day

Their Royal Highnesses joined training sessions on the new London Marathon Community Track with more than 150 Team Heads Together runners.

Heads Together runners also received advice and encouragement on how they can lead from the front in achieving the campaign mission of starting millions of conversations on mental health in the build up to the Virgin Money London Marathon. In 2017, the Virgin Money London Marathon is celebrating the unique story of every runner and the Heads Together runners also had the opportunity to visit the video booth and record their personal #ReasonToRun for Heads Together.

This is so inspiring and such a great opportunity to promote mental health awareness! So many have come forward already and signed up to run and if you click here you can read some of their stories.

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To discover more about Heads Together check out their website: Heads Together