Walking for Adam

In July 2025 we lost one of the kindest souls to depression. Adam was the kind of person you couldn’t help but love and admire; driven, funny, caring and full of energy and lofty ideas.

One of his greatest accomplishments was swimming the English Channel in 2019, something that only 2050 people have achieved to date since the first successful attempt in 1875! Throughout his 2 years of preparation and training for his swim he helped highlight Mental Health Awareness through regular progress posts on a specific Instagram account for the attempt, and raised over £3,600 for the Mental Health charity, We Are With You. On Monday 26th August he set out at 6am, reaching French soil 18 hours and 3 minutes later. An absolute legend.

Fast forward to Tuesday 26th August 2025 and a beautiful farewell service was held on his 'channelversary'. To mark the occasion one year later, I plan to walk the approximate distance Adam covered during those 18 hours, travelling on foot from Chelmsford to Mersea Island in Essex, a distance of around 25 miles, taking approximately 9 hours.

I hadn’t initially planned to raise funds through the walk, but I felt that if people wanted to donate to a worthy cause, then Butterfly Effect Wellness would be a truly deserving choice. Based here in Essex, they strive to create a warm and welcoming environment that supports everyone on their personal journey towards better mental health.

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An £85 donation pays for two members of staff to run a wellbeing session. These sessions include:

• Friendly social drop-ins

• Wellbeing activities

• Relaxed one-to-one conversations

The sessions offer a lifeline to people in our community, providing emotional support, practical advice, and opportunities to connect with others. With your help, we can continue creating a safe space where individuals feel heard, supported, and empowered to move forward.

A £30 donation can provide 15 hot meals for people attending sessions at Butterfly Effect Well Being’s Harlow wellness centre. These sessions include:

• Friendly social drop-ins

• Wellbeing activities

• Relaxed one-to-one conversations

For someone experiencing mental health challenges, something as simple as a freshly prepared meal can mean far more than just food. It provides comfort, dignity and the opportunity to connect with others in a safe, welcoming and non-judgemental environment where they feel supported.

Just £5 can provide 10 cups of coffee for people attending sessions at Butterfly Effect Well Being’s Harlow wellness centre. These sessions include:

* Friendly social drop-ins

* Wellbeing activities

* Relaxing one-to-one conversations

Something as simple as a cup of coffee can help create a welcoming space where people feel comfortable, connected, and supported.

Butterfly Effect Wellbeing is a non-judgemental charity that offers space to listen, accept, encourage and support. We have a centre to offer space daily, holding a variety of groups to help those with mental ill health, we also hold space for people that are suicidal or having suicidal thoughts. We started as a Facebook page with quotes etc that I used to send my mum, who suffered from mental illness after a psychotic break. It then turned into a physical space after losing her to suicide in June 2020. By using lived experience and working through life changing events and coming together to support each other in an informal peer support way the Harlow Butterfly Effect Wellbeing began. Butterfly Effect Wellbeing's purpose is to prevent suicide by supporting members of the Harlow community experiencing poor mental ill health. We believe that everyone suffering from mental ill health, isolation and suicidal ideation, can benefit from our services and we strive to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere that supports your personal individual journey to better mental health. Our full programme for service users and carers can be found at www.butterflyeffectwellbeing.com. In addition, we offer a programme of holistic and mindfulness sessions including yoga, reflexology, holistic therapies, drumming, meditation, gong baths, calm and sleep clinics and shakti that is available to the public. The funds from these sessions are used to support the provision of free and partially funded social and support groups to service users and carers.