A WINSFORD woman who lost her dad to suicide just two weeks after her wedding day has raised thousands of pounds for a mental health charity – by jumping from 10,000ft.

Hope Garner, 25, from Swanlow Lane, described her 2014 wedding as the best day of her life, but two weeks later she was hit with the heart-breaking grief of her dad Nick Morris taking his own life.

Hope said that she was determined to do something worthwhile in memory of her dad and channel her grief into helping prevent the same thing happening to another family.

“We got married and it was fantastic, it was the best day of my life,” said Hope.

“But then it was like a rollercoaster of emotions, going from that elation of getting married and then the rug is just pulled from underneath you. It’s so difficult and heart-breaking.

“I needed to do something productive and take control of my grief instead of sitting and wallowing in it. I wanted to do anything I could to help stop this happening for someone else and I didn’t want my dad to become another statistic – his name was Nick Morris and this is what happened to him.”

The Winsford woman decided to raise money by doing a sponsored skydive in Nottingham and was overwhelmed with the support she received.

The total raised was £4,152.75 for SOS – Silence Of Suicide, which works in conjunction with The Kaleidoscope Plus mental health charity, which hosted a family fun day at Langar Airfield in Nottingham all to support Hope.

SOS was founded by celebrity barrister Michael Mansfield QC and his wife Yvette Greenway after Michael lost his daughter Anna to suicide in May 2015.

Monica Shafaq, chief executive at The Kaleidoscope Plus Group, said: “I believe a fundraiser was the perfect way to celebrate Hope’s father’s memory.

“All the money raised will go towards SOS – Silence Of Suicide.”

As well as raising the huge amount for the newly set-up charity, Hope is keen to raise awareness of mental health and assure people that help is out there.

Hope added: “Mental health is such a taboo subject still that people don’t seek help and they don’t talk about it.

“As soon as you come out and speak about suicide or mental health people all of a sudden come and talk to you about it and are relieved that somebody else has been through it.

“I just want to say a massive thank you to anyone who donated and just want to make people aware that mental health is a huge issue and there are people out there that can help. Suicide is not the answer.”