Nine-year-old Harvey Goodman plans to raise money for charity inspired by Esther Ghey (Image: Naiomi Goodman/PA Wire )
A nine year-old will join the mum of murdered trans teen Brianna Ghey in a triathlon, after being inspired by her child mental health campaign.
Brianna was stabbed 28 times with a hunting knife when evil 15 year-olds Eddie Ratcliffe and Scarlett Jenkinson pounced in Linear Park, Culcheth, near Warrington, in February 2023.
Since the senseless murder, campaigning mum Esther Ghey, 37, has fundraised for mindfulness lessons for schoolkids, explaining how it helped her and Brianna’s big sister Alisha through “the worst days” of their lives.
Now Harvey Goodman, nine, from Stockton Heath in Warrington, Cheshire, is fundraising to help children’s mental health and wellbeing by doing a triathlon in May 2025 with Esther and lockdown workout star Joe Wicks.
Harvey explained how he saw Ms Ghey talking about mindfulness at an awards night and “got really interested” in it.
He said: “After losing someone very close to me, I wanted to do something big to honour them and to make sure other children get the support they need.”
He will be raising money for Ms Ghey’s charity, Peace & Mind UK, which advocates for mental health awareness, equality and inclusion.
Harvey and Ms Ghey will be taking part in the swim in the Orford Jubilee Neighbourhood Hub in Warrington and will set out from Stockton Heath Primary School for the running and cycling portions of the challenge.
They will end the challenge at Old Trafford stadium, as Harvey claims are the “best team in the world”.
Inspiring Harvey is no stranger to impressive challenges, having raised almost £50,000 over three previous events since he was six years old.
He said: “I feel really amazing – I think this will be my best challenge yet.
“Old Trafford means so much to me, and crossing the finish line there will make the whole experience even more special.
“The most nervous part for me is my running, because running to Old Trafford will be super tiring and so hard, and my favourite part is going to be the swimming because I do swimming three times a week.”
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Harvey is aiming to swim 1.2 miles (1.9 km), cycle 56 miles (90 km) and run 16 miles (25.7) over the course of one weekend.
His mum Naiomi Goodman, 30, participates in every aspect of her son’s challenges and leads all the training sessions.
She will be taking on the full challenge ahead of time so she knows “exactly what myself, Harvey and the team will be expecting to face on the day”.
Ms Goodman said: “I’m super proud for him to want to take on such a big challenge, but also for such an amazing cause as well.
“We really want to make a difference to all those children that might be going through a tough time – we can make a difference to their lives.”
Thrilled Ms Ghey, 38, added: “Just knowing that mindfulness and well-being training has really helped Harvey means such a lot to me, because this is the end goal. We want to be able to get this into schools across the whole of England.
She said she feels “daunted” by the challenge, adding: “I am pretty nervous. I’m not as confident as Harvey is about the challenge.
“I think I’ve got a lot more creaks and stuff than him in my body but I think we’re going to do lots of training.”
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