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Penrith man puts best foot forward to raise cash for suicide prevention charity Papyrus
Fundraiser Cameron Stewart put his best foot forward to complete a 50-mile non-stop walk raising money for Papyrus, the UK charity for the prevention of young suicide.
Cameron, of Penrith, began his latest challenge setting off from the town monument at 6am last Sunday, heading down to Lowther Park, on to Askham and alongside Ullswater to Glenridding, before taking on the gruelling Kirkstone Pass on the track to Red Screes and descending to Troutbeck and on to Windermere.
At Windermere he collected a bottle of water from the lake before doing an about-turn and returning back along the same route into Penrith.
Cameron Stewart, 21, will be walking 50 miles non-stop from his home town of Penrith to Winamere and back A Cumbrian man who is determined to help save lives after a friend of his took her own life six years ago will be doing a 50-mile non-stop walk over the bank holiday weekend. Cameron Stewart, 21, will be walking from his hometown in Penrith to Windermere and back to raise greater awareness of young suicide. Through his walk, Cameron will also be aiming to raise money for suicide prevention charity, PAPYRUS. It has been an incredibly tough year and sadly we will all know someone directly or in the community that has taken their own life, said Cameron.
Cameron Stewart
A 21-year-old Cumbrian will be doing a 50-mile non-stop walk during the bank holiday weekend to raise money for charity.
Cameron Stewart will walk from his home town of Penrith to Windermere and back to raise greater awareness of young suicide and to raise funds for suicide prevention charity PAPYRUS.
A friend of Cameronâs took her own life six years ago and he is determined to help save more lives.
âIt has been an incredibly tough year and sadly we will all know someone directly or in the community that has taken their own life. Suicide is the biggest killer of the under 35s in the UK,â said Cameron.
WORRYING figures from Cumbria Police have revealed a rise in suspected suicides across the county during the pandemic last year. Experts have warned that the long-term impact of Covid-19 on mental health is likely to be long-lasting and profound, with large numbers of people suffering increased isolation during lockdown and economic hardship through pandemic-related job losses. Though there is not yet formal evidence of more Cumbrians taking their own lives last year, the latest statistics suggest this may be the case. Following a Freedom of Information Request, Cumbria Constabulary has confirmed that in first 11 months of 2020, the force’s officers were called to 78 sudden deaths which were suspected suicides. Twenty related to people under 35. In 2018, the force were called to 55 suspected suicides.