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Mindstep raise £100k for research at UofG

5th February 2022

The charity has raised money to fund suicide prevention research at the University. The Mindstep Foundation has raised £100k for suicide prevention research at the University of Glasgow, led by Professor Rory O’Connor.  The foundation is a family-run mental-health charity that was founded to help educate people on the warning signs and consequences of untreated ...


Backyard Ultra Marathon raises over £9,000 for Mindstep

17th September 2020

Around £9,800 was raised for research into the causes of suicide.  Content/trigger warning: suicide James Smith, Will Smith, and Rudi Lewis completed a Backyard Ultra Marathon of 100 miles in 24 hours, raising money for the Mindstep foundation. James and Rudi ran 4.2 miles every hour on the hour, whilst Will completed the same distance ...