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<div>On Saturday, September 14th, Lightbody Health CIC will be taking part in their annual ‘Carry the Weight’ walk from Southport to Otterspool Prom in Liverpool. 
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<div>This year, they have decided to team up with Alfie’s Squad CIC by launching ‘Carry the Weight for Alfie’s Squad, 2024’.
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<div>Alfie’s Squad supports children, and their families, who have been bereaved by suicide. They have a peer support group for children bereaved by suicide in Liverpool which supports children from all over Merseyside and beyond. This group is the first of its kind in the UK.
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<div>Some of the participants will be carrying 35lbs of weight, whilst others will be sharing the load between them.
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<div>Each of these 35lbs represents a bereaved family who are currently being supported by Alfie’s Squad. This weight not only symbolises people that they have lost, but also the heavy burden that these families carry trying to cope with their grief.
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<div>Alfie’s Squad currently supports more than 40 children in or person, as well as children online from across the country. All these children have lost a loved one to suicide.
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<div>Everything within Alfie’s Squad has been set up by now 15-year-old Alfie. He tragically lost his dad in 2017 when he was just eight years old. Alfie struggled with feelings of guilt and isolation. He wanted to meet other children in his situation, but there was nothing in the whole of the UK, so Alfie decided to step up and sort it out himself.
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<div>Our Carry the Weight walkers will be joined by the families being supported by Alfie’s Squad for the final part of the walk, which will be a poignant tribute to the people they have lost.
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Carry The Weight for Alfie's Squad, 2024

<div>We are abseiling down the main stand at Anfield Football Club on Sunday, 14th May for Alfie's Squad!

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<div>Alfie's Squad is a non profit organisation which supports children bereaved by suicide in and around Merseyside.

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<div>It was set up by then 9 year old Alfie, who lost his dad in 2017 at the age of 8.

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<div>Now at the grand old age of 14, Alfie has worked tirelessly to raise awareness about the. Lack of specific support for children bereaved by suicide.
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<div>As a result of his hard work, the very first support group is launching at the beginning of June.
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<div>This will be a safe place where bereaved children can make new friends and feel less isolated, while having a lot of fun.
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Anfield Abseil for Alfie's Squad

<div>Hi, I’m David &amp; for those of you that know me will know I lost my beautiful Mum Sue to cancer on October 1st 2022, she was just 63.
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<div>She spent the last 5 weeks of her life in Halton Haven Hospice in Runcorn who I will forever be in debt to for making my Mums last weeks as happy and as comfortable as they could be.
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<div>Their professionalism, generosity and caring nature really is of the highest level.
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<div>Although, I’ve lived in Runcorn for nearly 40 years I never understood how lucky we are to have this facility on our doorstep until I was unfortunate enough this year to need it.
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<div>It costs £2.6million a year for the hospice to run and they rely heavily on donations and fundraising.
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<div>Therefore, on Mothers Day (March 19th) I will be walking the 34 mile Sandstone Trail through Cheshire along with a handful of friends in 1 day in memory of my Mum and to raise as much money as possible for the Hospice.
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<div>Please help me achieve this for a fantastic cause.
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<div>Any amount of money is appreciated and will all help towards the cause.
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<div>Thanks in advance and wish me luck
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<div>All the best to you all for 2023
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34 mile Sandstone Trail for Halton Haven Hospice

<div>I will be walking from John O'groats to lands end, covering 1000 miles in total.
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<div>I will be taking this next challenge on in the winter months starting in mid-December and as per usual I will be doing it in just my speedos and trusty walking boots.
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<div>Sadly after i have finished this next challenge i will be hanging up my Blue knickers for ever more.
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<div>I have spent seven years tirelessly fundraising for charity and im a bit knackered now and i also want to spend more time with my loved ones as we don't have them forever do we.
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<div>But it's not over yet we have this last walk to complete before I say goodbye to my stomping days, I'm no spring chicken you know.
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<div>On this next challenge i will be will be fundraising for something that is very close to my heart and that is  mentalhealth and suicide prevention, I have suffered from mentalhealth most of my adult life and still do suffer from it to this day.
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<div>The donations from this walk will going to our very first Speedomick foundation mentalhealth project's something I have dreamt of doing for a long time now and it will be a dream come true for me to be able to give back to my community and support people who are suffering from mentalhealth.
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<div>Along side our fundraising on this charity walk the Speedomick Foundation will also be gifting grants to small grass root's charities that support mentalhealth disadvantaged young people and homelessness. These charities our vital in and for our communities and they are usually run by the people in those communities. Because of this they usually know what support is needed and who needs the support whether it be food, shelter, mentoring health through sports, suicide prevention mentalhealth safeguarding and much more. I am very proud to say that The SpeedoMick Foundation donated a massive quarter of a million pounds to small charities on my last walk. Essentially the SpeedoMick Foundation is redistributing the donations that I received on my fundraisers by putting it back into the communities of those who supported me and donated on my challenges which is only right.
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<div>I have managed to raise a staggering 800 thousand pounds on in the last 7 years, and that is simply because of your continued support and generosity. On my last 2500 mile walk you donated a massive £200,000 for my efforts and if by some miracle we managed this again then I will have raised £1,000,000 for charity and that will also be a dream come true and such an amazing achievement from a man who not so long ago had lost his dignity lost his pride lost his home lost his family and any hope. I have all that back in my life today because I received support and I hope to we can give that back through the SpeedoMick Foundation and our new mentalhealth projects.
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<div>Thank you for all your support and your donations for the last 7 years it's been a blast
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