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Heel To Heal - The Big Walk For Mental Health
Raising for The Big Communitea
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Craig Lewis is taking on an extraordinary challenge, walking from John O’Groats to Land’s End to raise money for The Big Communitea.
Starting on 13th May, Craig will spend around 65 days crossing the country on foot.
This journey is far more than just miles walked. It represents every step Craig has taken to rebuild his life. After losing his home, family, and marriage to addiction, and battling severe mental health struggles, Craig reached a turning point in 2025. With one small but powerful step, he chose change. Since then, step by step, heel to heal, he has been walking his way back to health, stability, and hope.
That’s why this challenge carries such a powerful message: heal to heel. Every step forward is a reminder that healing isn’t instant, it’s a journey. It’s about putting one foot in front of the other, even on the hardest days, and believing that change is possible.
For Craig, this walk is deeply personal. But for us, it’s something even bigger. It shows the life-changing impact of mental health support and the power of community. It reflects everything The Big Communitea stands for a safe, supportive space where people can rebuild, reconnect, and realise they are not alone.
There are so many people like Craig people who have hit rock bottom but are trying to find their way back. With the right support, understanding, and opportunity, recovery is possible. Your donation doesn’t just support one man’s journey, it helps create many more stories of hope, healing, and second chances.
If Craig can take these steps, so can others with your help.
Please give what you can and be part of something truly meaningful.
Help us continue to heal through every heel.
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🥾 Heel to Heal Challenge Update 🥾
Craig has now completed the walk from Four Crosses to Middletown via Moel y Golfa.
A steady day on the trail with a mini mountain in the middle to keep things interesting!
📍 Distance: 17.43 km
⛰️ Elevation: 510 m
⏱️ Time: 3 hours 37 minutes
The journey continues, one step at a time, helping raise vital funds and awareness for mental health.
Please show your support by donating to Craig’s challenge:
🏔️ Snowdon Part 2 Complete! 🏔️
What a day! The heat was relentless, but everyone involved dug deep and did an amazing job taking on Snowdon.
🥾 Distance: 13.55 km
⛰️ Elevation: 1,303 m
👣 Steps: 22,996
⏱️ Time: 4 hours 25 minutes
An incredible effort in challenging conditions, all while raising awareness and funds for mental health.
Please support Craig’s Heel to Heal challenge and help The Big Communitea continue its life changing work by donating here:
🥾 Heel to Heal Challenge Update 🥾
Another day, another incredible effort!
Craig has completed the walk from Llangynog to Four Crosses, battling red hot temperatures but finding the day a little easier than yesterday.
📍 Distance: 26.89 km
⛰️ Elevation: 377 m
⏱️ Time: 4 hours 42 minutes
The miles keep adding up and so does the impact Craig is making for mental health. 💚
If you’d like to support Craig’s incredible challenge and help The Big Communitea continue providing vital mental health support, please donate here:
🏔️ Craig’s Challenge Update 🏔️
After a well earned weekend off, Craig is back on the trail and straight back into the hard work! 💪
Today’s adventure took him from the Base of Snowdon to Dolwyddelan, heading up and over yet another mountain. Another tough climb, another incredible achievement, and another step closer to making his way down the country towards Lands End. 🌄
📍 Distance: 13.70km
⛰️ Elevation gain: 751m
⏱️ Moving time: 3 hours 23 minutes
👣 Steps: 19,282
The legs have been tested, the views have been earned, and the determination is stronger than ever. Craig is pushing himself every day to complete this incredible journey and raise vital funds along the way. ❤️
If you can spare anything, please consider donating and supporting him on this epic challenge. Every donation helps make every mile worthwhile. 🙌
💚 Donate and follow Craig’s journey as he continues his way down the country.
Craig has made it up Snowden!
This incredible achievement marks the final mountain of his Three Peaks challenge after conquering Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis. But the journey is far from over. Craig is continuing his epic walk all the way to Land's End, taking every step to raise awareness and support for mental health.
Every mile he walks is inspiring others to keep going, no matter how tough the climb.
About us
The Big Communitea
Charity number: 1188592
Some people arrive at The Big Communitea believing nobody would notice if they disappeared. They walk through the door exhausted by anxiety, grief, loneliness, addiction, debt, trauma, or simply the weight of trying to hold everything together for too long.
What meets them is not a waiting list or a closed door. It is a warm drink, a familiar face, and someone willing to say, “Sit down. Tell us what’s going on.”
Every day, through our drop in centre and mental health support line, we help people who are struggling to cope with day to day life. Sometimes the support is practical, helping somebody access housing, food, benefits, counselling, or NHS services. Sometimes it is simply being there at the exact moment somebody feels they have run out of road.
We work side by side with the NHS and other charities because no one organisation can carry the weight alone. Together, we help people find safety, stability, and hope before crisis takes hold.
But our work does not stop there. Through Mental Health First Aid, Suicide Prevention, and Safeguarding training, we help ordinary people become the person who notices, the person who asks twice if someone is okay, and sometimes, the person who helps save a life.
At The Big Communitea, we know recovery does not always begin with medicine or meetings. Sometimes it begins with somebody putting the kettle on and proving that someone still cares.
Recent donations
By 99 supporters
Anonymous
£20.00
Best of luck from Glasgow great cause
CARL SCHUMACHER
£690.74
+ £172.68 Gift Aid
GO FOT IT CRAIG
Ian and Linda McCartney
£10.00
Good luck
Julie (Llandudno)
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Loved meeting you today. Good luck 🤞🍀
paige Tudor
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Your an amazing man Craig 🫶🏾
Anonymous
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+ £3.75 Gift Aid
David Harrison
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Dog & Otter Friend
Helen Harrison
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Saw you in the Dog and Otter Great Harwood - well done and keep strong 💪
Cgarlie
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Well done Craig
Max
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
This is truly inspiring
