Flying the Your Hearts and Minds flag at Great North run
A recovery worker at Aspire Drug and Alcohol Service is flying the flag for local charity Your Hearts and Minds at the Great North Run on September 7.
Stephen Mitchell, a keen long-distance runner and no stranger to half marathons, will be joining thousands of other runners for the 13.1-mile race from Newcastle to South Shields.
Stephen said: “It is a great honour to take part in the Great North Run and support the Your Hearts and Minds charity. Running this race is one of my all-time life goals and I want to thank the charity for making it happen. I am hoping to finish the race in 2 hours which will be a personal best but anything under 1 hour 46 minutes will be fantastic.”
Stephen has started his is busy training schedule which involves running around 30 miles a week. He will be running the Great North Run with one of his friends who is supporting a suicide prevention charity www.thecalmzone.net
Your Hearts and Mind is a charity for Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH). The charity helps to make a difference across all the communities supporting people living in Rotherham, Doncaster and North Lincolnshire.
If you would like to support Stephen in his fundraising challenge for Your Hearts and Mind, please visit his fundraising page at this link:
https://ajbellgreatnorthrun2025.enthuse.com/pf/stephen-mitchell-16ddb
To know more please visit Your Hearts and Minds website.
Caption: Stephen Mitchell, Senior Case Manager.
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Note to editors
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) provides a range of mental health, learning disability, drug and alcohol services and community health services across Rotherham, Doncaster and North Lincolnshire.
Our NHS Talking Therapy services are available for adults experiencing anxiety, depression, low mood, or stress. We offer a free, confidential service. Residents can self-refer via https://talkingtherapies.rdash.nhs.uk for an assessment or call Doncaster 03000 211556, Rotherham 03000 215108 or North Lincolnshire 03000 216165.
The Trust has a Clinical and Organisational Strategy which runs until 2028. In there are the trust’s 28 promises to patients, staff and the communities it serves as well as it’s values and vision ‘Nurturing the power in our communities.’. You can view it here: https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/rdash-clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/ in a number of languages and Easy Read.
The Trust has its own charity which raises funds through donations, activities and legacies to fund a wide range of projects across our services in Rotherham, Doncaster, and North Lincolnshire. Every day, our work impacts service users, their families and friends, and the staff who care for them. The charity funds ideas and projects, above and beyond routine NHS funding to enable outstanding care to improve their lives and those in the wider community.
For further information, please contact the communications team, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust,
Tel: 03000 212100 or email rdash.rdashcommunications@nhs.net
