Nedbank Running Club elite runners will descend on Pietermaritzburg to take part within the ninety fifth version of the world-famous Comrades Marathon and run in solidarity within the combat for mental health.
Nedbank Runified has mixed digital and bodily working challenges to rally round a really actual situation within the nation – mental health. This working problem, in partnership with the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG), goals to reveal that working (significantly in teams) can scale back stress, melancholy and nervousness.
Running for mental health on the Comrades
Earlier in 2022, the Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers 50 km Ultramarathon, was not solely a possibility for Nedbank to assist keep working in South Africa however the begin of the motion for higher mental health with working as a catalyst.
Participating elite runners at Comrades will obtain a inexperienced ribbon – the worldwide image for mental health consciousness – to symbolize the aim of Runified. Not solely will there be a powerful presence of elite worldwide and nationwide athletes, however athletes will unify via working and present their help for mental health.
‘Nedbank has been concerned in working for a long time, and we’re proud to use Runified as a car to create a long-lasting influence within the communities we serve. We have an unimaginable steady of contenders who’re members of the Nedbank Running Club, and we glance ahead to them utilising Comrades as a possibility to run in solidarity to assist drive the motion for higher mental health,” says Tobie Badenhorst, Head for Group Sponsorships and Cause Marketing at Nedbank.
“One in three South Africans currently have or will at some point in their lifetime have an issue with mental and while the impacts of Covid-19 have affected the mental health of many South Africans, it is important to raise awareness and get the message out for everyone to look after their mental health every day and find sustainable and healthy ways to manage it. It is so important to build a support structure while raising awareness in our communities,” says Cassey Chambers, Operations Director at SADAG
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Between August – September 2022, Nedbank Runified group runs, led by athletes, mental health advocates and working lovers like Amy Hopkins; Caley Jack; Cuan Walker; Graeme Richards; Masibulele Mkhundlu; Nicola Schreuder; Nombulelo Mgabadeli; Tumi Sole and Zinhle Masango, have kicked-off Runified with every day runs throughout Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.
‘It stays crucial for us as cash specialists who do good to create platforms that supply help to our communities. Following the success and consciousness created at Breaking Barriers, Nedbank donated R10 000 to SADAG. To additional present our dedication to elevating consciousness and additional driving help, Nedbank donated R80 000 to SADAG on the official launch of Runified in July,’ provides Badenhorst.
To discover out how one can be part of Nedbank Runified in your metropolis, be part of the Nedbank Running Club on Strava or search #NedbankRunified on social media. The Nedbank Running Club is greater than a membership and welcomes runners of all health ranges to unify via working. It is time to Runify round mental health, and take step one in the direction of a happier, more healthy South Africa.
If you or your family members are battling with mental health challenges, there may be hope. Visit sadag.org or name 0800 567 567 within the occasion of an emergency.