Why I’m running the London Marathon for Rethink Mental Illness

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In April 2015 Lizzie Bell will be running the London Marathon to raise funds for Rethink Mental Illness. Here she explains how her dad’s mental illness affected her family, and why that’s motivated her to raise funds.
SOURCE: Rethink Mental Illness – Read entire story here.

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