THREE Dads Walking inspired the nation when they trekked 600 miles to London to raise awareness for suicide prevention.
Now, after two years of campaigning, their petition to add suicide prevention to the school curriculum will finally be debated in Parliament.
The dads, Andy Airey from Morland in Cumbria, Mike Palmer from Greater Manchester, and Tim Owen from Norfolk raised over £1,004,709 for PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide when they did their second walk in October last year.
Both walks became national stories, with BBC Breakfast filming the trio walking down The Mall and heading to the Houses of Parliament to finish their journey. They even got support from celebrities such as Daniel Craig, who called them 'heroic.'
Now, Three Dads Walking announced on social media that they have met MP Nick Flecther, who is a member of the Petitions Committee. In a statement, they said: "He confirmed our petition to add suicide prevention to the school curriculum would be debated in Parliament. Date to be announced soon." Their online petition got more than 100,000 signatures.
Last year Andy spoke about his daughter Sophie who went to Kirkbie Kendal school. She worked as a nurse in Edinburgh, and he described her as: "Very very empathetic, and very caring. I wish she was still here. I just enjoyed speaking with her. She was funny and kind, great to be around."
Sophie worked as a nurse in Edinburgh before she passed away.
Andy said that he wanted suicide to be made into a topic at all levels of education, including primary. He said that some of the parents he spoke to on the walk had children that died when they were junior school age and that PAPYRUS had age-appropriate resources ready to go.
If you are concerned about your children, Andy said: "There is help out there you do not have to suffer problems alone." He said that PAPYRUS has a trained support team on the phone to help guide parents.
Suicide is the biggest killer of those under 35 in the UK. Papyrus's hopeline is 0800 068 41 41 and is manned from 9 am to midnight every day of the year.
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