Three Dads Walking have raised more than £80,000 for a mental health charity as they continue their new walking challenge.

The 3 Dad Walking, who have already raised more than a million pounds for the North West-based charity PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide, have become national heroes for raising awareness and helping to save young lives.       

Andy Airey from Cumbria, Mike Palmer from Greater Manchester and Tim Owen from Norfolk completed their first challenge in 2021 by walking 300-miles.

A year later they doubled that distance by trekking 600-miles, walking between the parliaments of all four nations from Northern Ireland through Scotland, Wales and England.    

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On Wednesday, April 17 they began trekking a further 500 miles, covering new ground by walking from Scotland to the eastern counties of England.

Andy Airey, who lost his 29-year-old daughter Sophie to suicide in 2018, said: “This walk is about refocussing our fundraising efforts to help PAPYRUS achieve its goals and extend the lifesaving work the charity does.

“Along the way we will talk to loads of people, some of whom will be new to the charity, we will raise funds to help PAPYRUS open more offices, train more people and ultimately stop preventable suicides. Together we can save lives.”