Update April 2024:Unfortunately due too a knee injury I have had too defer my place until next year. Whilst disappointed im grateful I will still be able too do it! Physio has been helping a lot and im looking forward too getting my trainers back on ! My go fund me will stay up as I will still be running for townley next spring x Hi everyone! My names Scarlett I'm 18 and on the 21st of April 2024 I will be running the London Marathon to raise money for my incredible secondary school Townley Grammar. Over the past three years I've had the fight of my life against mental illness but my incredible school never left my side and supported me through the darkest days of my life where I didn't see a point of being here. Mental health services are so underfunded and I suffered without any help for so long but my school fought so hard for me to have the help I now receive, they facilitated me retaking a year, supported me when I couldn't come in, visited me in hospital and were there for me every day - being the listening ear and showing me that there's a life beyond mental illness. I left Townley in December 2024, but I will hold them in my heart for the rest of my life for being the people who never gave up on me. The safeguarding and support team from Townley are my biggest inspiration in life - one day I hope to have 10% of the impact they’ve had on me on someone else.Running has always been a massive release for me, even before I became unwell, a run would fill me with joy that nothing else could even half compare too. Being able to run was one of my main motivators to recover from my eating disorder and now that I’m out the other side I am able to enjoy running and fully experience that wonderful runners high! I owe my life to my school, I hope that by running the marathon in support of them I can give back even 1% of what they've done for me. Please keep fighting and hold onto the hope that life will get better because from someone who thought it never would - I promise you it does Please let your loved ones know how much they mean to you and check in on the friend who hasn’t quite been themselves lately - you never know what someone is going through. My journey with mental health has been long and so difficult but it has given me a strength I never thought I’d have.Please donate and share - the smallest amount can make the biggest difference x
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