All of us at the Worcestershire Beacon, very windy.
Malvern Hills end to end walk - 10.5 Miles for Smiles
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Gaynor Pritchard is raising money for Behind The Smile
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My story
On the Saturday of August bank holiday 2018, our son Zac, left the house in the morning and went up on the Malvern Hills where he ended his life.
The day of this walk will be emotional as it will be 8 years since he ended his life.
After he died, we set up a charity Behind the Smile to reach out and support people like Zac who needed support but couldn’t find or access what they needed to help with their mental health. Those bereaved by suicide are around 4% more likely to attempt suicide compared to other types of loss. Our own grief journey made us aware of a lack of support for those bereaved or affected by suicide. So, we do what we can to also support those people.
I need to do my best to get in a lot of training, I am very unfit for this challange but that's why I need to do this, I know Zac will be pushing me all the way, telling me I can't give in, so I will do my determination to get to the end with his energy pushing me.
If you can support us in any way we would be grateful for any amount.
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My updates
Thank you so much to everyone who has donated, it was a difficult challenge, I am not fit by any means, a few years I may have done this a bit better. However, I completed it, although I did walk around the bottom of some hills but that still included hills just not as steep as some of the taller hills. I did go up Worcestershire Beacon, which is the highest point, it was windy up there. We all made it through, but for some of us, esp me, could hardly walk the next day, I walked like a robot.
This page is in memory of
Zac Pritchard
Charity
Behind The Smile
Charity number: 1184343
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Emma Steel
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Emma well done. God Bless. Jill Southern
Emma Steel
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Well done Emma. God Bless Sarah Walker
Valerie Wilson
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Well done Emma. Love from Valerie xxx
Isabel Holdsworth
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Thank you for using your heartbreaking story to do something positive.
Simon
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Well done Yash and everyone involved. Such a sad reason to be doing this but a great way to celebrate a life as well. well done everyone
Addie
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Thinking of you today. Very brave
Carmel Owens
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Thinking of you all Carmel and Darragh
Kay
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Good luck Emma … proud of you for doing this 💪
Lisa
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Good Luck 🍀⛰️💚🦋
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