The Covid-19 pandemic wasn't kind to anyone, flipping lives upside down and forcing people into isolation. During the pandemic, grandad John Fairley found his mental health dipping, piling on the weight he'd lost in the last decade after gorging on biscuits before sitting on video calls for work.
But the 56-year-old managed to drag himself out of a 'very dark place', quit his job as an engineer and has gone on to raise over £10,000 for charity, Birmingham Live reports.
"I was working from home," John said. "My life was getting up, having a shower and sitting for eight hours a day on Teams meetings. It wasn't pleasant."
