THE Pelham Community Hub marked World Suicide Prevention this week (10th September) by holding its annual Midnight to Midnight relay.
Firefighters from Bexhill Fire Station helped to kick off the event by joining the first 5km loop around Sidley, as well as the last loop 24 hours later.
The event was organised by RunningSpace, the award-winning Suicide Prevention project of The Pelham charity based in Bexhill. This was the fourth annual Midnight to Midnight relay help by the Hub.
It aimed to raise awareness of suicide, to support people who might be struggling to hold on to life, or who have lost a loved one to suicide.
A variety of local groups and individuals took part in the event to eventually complete 180 loops, totalling a massive 558 miles.
A spokesperson said: “A big shout out to an amazing group of 20 young people from the Youth Group at Beulah Baptist Church who ran and walked through pouring rain at the 6pm slot, without one word of complaint.
Thank you to East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service who ran with us for the first and last loop, and gave us so much encouragement, even meeting us in their fire truck in the middle of the night. Thank you to Rustico for providing us with pizza, to Western Road Fruitiers for donating fresh fruit throughout the day, to Happy Tails Vets who supplied emergency cable ties for the route signs, to Bexhill Town Council for sponsoring the signage, and to the residents of Sidley for cheering us all on around the route.”
