This year’s Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) Walk and Talk brought together dozens of people from across the mortgage community.

Between them they covered 144 miles in six days, raising awareness of mental health issues, while at the same time raising more than £15,000 for the Niall Stringer Foundation, a charity dedicated to preventing suicide among young people.

Further donations are welcome until midnight on Friday 30 June.

The Walk and Talk event, which took place during Mental Health Awareness Week, was spearheaded by Jason Berry, co-founder of MIMHC and group sales director at Crystal Specialist Finance and Dev Malle, chief business development officer at Simplify.

Berry, who was awarded the title of Mortgage Strategy Personality of the Year a few days after the event, commented:

“I’m incredibly proud of what we achieved through this year’s Walk and Talk. A huge thank you to my walking partner, Dev Malle, whose support, spirit and humour were constant throughout the 144 miles.”