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Every year, Anti-Bullying Day sheds light on the pressing issue of bullying and its detrimental impact on mental health. As we observe this week, it's essential to recognise the courageous journey of individuals like Alex Staniforth, founder of Mind Over Mountains, who have overcome the lasting e...

World Mental Health Day 2023 is an opportunity for people and communities to unite behind the theme ‘Mental health is a universal human right” to improve knowledge, raise awareness and drive actions that promote and protect everyone’s mental health as a universal human right. At Mind Over Mountai...

After a Christmas riddled with Covid and a winter locked inside, I’d had enough: I needed a challenge. As someone who thrives on adventure and diversity, these lockdowns and restrictions were really starting to effect my mental wellbeing and motivation to do anything. So one day at work I mes...

Dan is a mental health activist, keynote speaker, and adventurer on a mission to empower people to speak up when they're suffering. In 2017, after a five-year battle with bipolar disorder and a full-scale manic episode in Italy in 2012, Dan ran 1,250 miles in 65 days solo and self-supported from...

“WHY? WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU RUNNING 100KM?” - MY MUM. It’s a fair question to ask: why would I decide to run 100km in 24 hours? Well, there are a few reasons, with the main reason being that I wanted to do some fundraising along with raising some awareness around how mental health is linked to ou...

We’re proud to say Mind Over Mountains is back! Of course, the last few months have been immensely challenging for our mental health - and with access to support services and our coping mechanisms restricted by lockdown - we were worried about a perfect storm for poor mental health across the UK...