Five friends have joined forced to complete a mammoth challenge in memory of a father and son who died by suicide within days of each other.
In January 2020, the community in High Spen, Gateshead, was united in shock and horror after 'one in a million' 27-year-old Jack Mitchell died by suicide, after a long struggle with mental health issues. Ten days later his father, Wayne Mitchell, 62, also took his own life, devastated by the loss of his son.
Now, in the year Jack should have turned 30, a group of his friends are attempting to complete 30 impressive challenges, from long-distance runs to cold water dips, to raise money for mental health charity MIND in memory of the much-loved pair.
