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Mike Palmer

Mike Palmer is one of three bereaved fathers who came together in 2021 to form 3 Dads Walking. Mike along with Tim Owen and Andy Airey lost their daughters Beth, Emily and Sophie to suicide. Through their grief they walked 300 miles in 2021 and 600 miles in 2022 in a belief that many of these young suicides can be prevented. Along the way they have raised more than £1 million for Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide and have had their petition to make Suicide Prevention compulsory in the PSHE Curriculum debated in Parliament.