This morning I was at the #DarknessIntoLight walk at Ormeau Park in Belfast, in support of #PIPS suicide prevention

Mental health services are badly neglected by government, and Stormont is reneging even on what commitments it had made in its mental health strategy

Please sign this petition to let them know this is a corner that cannot be cut

https://www.change.org/p/too-many-lives-lost-to-suicide-stand-with-pips-charity-demand-change?source_location=psf_petitions

Pinned: Ending Suicide. Beginning Hope.

🌼We are delighted to join Sarah Ironside with her #1MillionSteps challenge in support of the #DarknessintoLight Belgium campaign✨

We walked with her around St Stephen’s Green today ✨
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Darkness into Light Maynooth

It’s about 6am and I’m back home after Darkness into Light. Despite having to get up at half past three in the morning, it was a very enjoyable event: a large crowd and a lovely morning without a cloud in the sky. Not particulalrly warm, but an acceptable 8°C, and made all the more atmospheric by the mist, especially over the grounds of Carton House (the entrance to which we passed en route) and the birdsong of the dawn chorus.

The walk itself is about 5km, but I had to walk about 2km from home to get to the start at Maynooth GAA and about 2km home from there afterwards, so it was a good bit of exercise. More importantly, I raised €312.28 for Pieta. Thank you to everyone who contributed! The fundraiser will stay open until the end of June if you’d like to donate you still can!

And now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll go back to bed for a couple of hours…

P.S. Darkness into Light is a national event, as you can read here.

#DarknessIntoLight #Maynooth

Reminder: Darkness into Light

With your permission (or indeed without it) please let me remind you that taking part in Darkness Into Light in Maynooth on Saturday, 10th May, from 4.15am, to raise vital funds for Pieta and people affected by suicide and self-harm. This is only a couple of days away so please donate if you can.

You can help keep Pieta’s essential services FREE and available to anyone who needs them by donating now to help me reach my fundraising goal. Every euro counts. Even a small donation can make a big impact. You can contribute to my fundraiser here.

Thank you so much for your support

#DarknessIntoLight #Maynooth #Pietà