Our fundraisers
Each month The Jordan Legacy receives a steady stream of wonderful financial donations, from companies and individuals, all of whom want to support our efforts to help reduce the frequency of suicides. Without these donations, we would be unable to continue our work.
You can support us in this way too and more information on how you can help can be found at Supporting Us.
Watch this short video to see what fundraising for The Jordan Legacy mean to organisations like Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate.
Scroll down this page to see many of our amazing fundraisers!
Aaron walks/runs 18+ hours to Jordan’s Gate
When Petty Officer, Aaron Jackson, said he wanted to walk and run 69 miles in a single day, setting of at 4am, to raise £3000 to support The Jordan Legacy, a few in our family were just a little concerned. Aaron is related to Jordan and is Danielle’s (Jordan’s sister) brother-in-law.
A busy sub-mariner, by his own admission, Aaron was not in the peak of fitness but the one thing he did have was a burning reason why he was going to do this!
Aaron chose this challenge partially to challenge himself and his own physical and mental health but mainly to raise £3000 to support our mission at The Jordan Legacy to prevent all preventable suicides. As well as further awareness and fund raising, this challenge was also a tribute to the milestone 40th birthday that both he and Jordan should have been celebrating together.
Following Jordan’s death, Aaron has seen first-hand the devastation a death by suicide causes and taking on this incredible challenge was not only about raising funds but also crucially raising awareness of the biggest killer of under 35’s in the UK, responsible for the death of more than 7000 people every single year.
This isn’t the first time Aaron has put himself to the test for The Jordan Legacy – in August 2023 he raised over £2000 by completing a 6-hour ultramarathon, wearing combat boots and a weighted Bergen.
Aaron’s journey began, before the sun rose, at 4am on Saturday May 17th. From the gates of Torrisholme Primary School, in Morecambe, Lancashire, where he and Jordan both attended many years earlier, his goal was to arrive early evening at Jordan’s Gate near Spofforth, a small village where Jordan spent some time living with his dad (Steve) and step-mum soon after he was first diagnosed with clinical anxiety and depression.
To fully appreciate the magnitude of the challenge Aaron under took in memory of Jordan and the incredible support and encouragement he received that weekend, please watch this 5 minute video, created by Jordan’s step-mum (Laurence):
So, did Aaron make it? Did he reach Jordan’s gate and did he achieve his £3000 fundraising target?
Accompanied by Steve for the final couple of hours, Aaron reached Jordan’s gate in complete darkness and totally exhausted at around 10:15pm – he was just short of his £3000 fundraising goal, despite the incredible generosity of so many people who had followed his journey during the grueling 18+ hours it took him to reach his destination.
However, with a cold beer in one hand and nursing a swollen foot, Aaron messaged us the following day, to announce that another donation had arrived and he had now exceeded his fundraising goal!
Thanks for your incredible support Aaron, what an absolute legend!