{"id":152447,"date":"2025-06-02T15:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/152447\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T15:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:46:10","slug":"scotlands-home-of-the-year-star-to-run-glasgow-10k-in-daft-footwear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/152447\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland’s Home of the Year star to run Glasgow 10k in ‘daft’ footwear"},"content":{"rendered":"

An architect and TV<\/a> presenter is set to take on a 10K challenge with some\u00a0unusual footwear.<\/p>\n

Danny Campbell, a judge on BBC<\/a>\u2019s Scotland\u2019s Home of the Year, will run the Glasgow Men\u2019s 10k\u00a0in a pair of Crocs to raise money and awareness for the Mental Health<\/a> Foundation.<\/p>\n

He is taking on the challenge on Sunday, June 16 in memory of his younger brother Duncan, who died last year after a long illness.<\/p>\n

Duncan spoke openly about his mental health through his book The Suicide Notes and a show at the Edinburgh Fringe.<\/p>\n

(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n

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Danny, 34, said: “There were days where I was really overwhelmed, anxious, and felt like I was failing at everything \u2013 being a dad, running a business, keeping it together.<\/p>\n

“My brother was honest about his own struggles, and that has been an inspiration and in many ways, it changed my life.”<\/p>\n

Danny hopes his unusual choice of footwear will help break down stigma and encourage men to talk about their mental health.<\/p>\n

He said: “Running in Crocs might sound daft, but it\u2019s about showing up exactly as you are and marching to the beat of your own drum.<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s what he taught me.”<\/p>\n

“If Duncan had decided to end his life, we would have lost those final special years together.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m grateful we had that time.<\/p>\n

“And I believe we had that time because he opened up.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully by running a very slow 10K in squishy shoes, I can encourage others to share their problems with those close to them.”<\/p>\n

The 10K event, which starts at the Riverside Museum and finishes at Glasgow Green<\/a>, aims to get men of all ages moving and talking – especially about mental health.<\/p>\n

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Danny said: “I read all the comments online about my Crocs, and I think it\u2019s a great indicator of why people don\u2019t open up.<\/p>\n

“I find the online abuse quite funny, but if you take a step back, it shows that if you do anything remotely different from the norm \u2013 people want to knock you down.<\/p>\n

“We lose too many good people because they don\u2019t feel they can talk.<\/p>\n

“If doing something a bit silly gets even one person to open up, that\u2019s a win.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn event like this is brilliant because it brings men together and will hopefully help remove the stigma around mental health.<\/p>\n

“Maybe it\u2019ll remove the stigma around wearing Crocs too.”<\/p>\n

Julie Cameron, associate director for Scotland at the Mental Health<\/a> Foundation, praised his efforts.<\/p>\n

She said: “We\u2019re incredibly grateful to Danny for taking on this challenge, raising both awareness and vital funds for the Mental Health Foundation.<\/p>\n

“His message encouraging people, especially men, to talk about their struggles and seek support is more important than ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An architect and TV presenter is set to take on a 10K challenge with some\u00a0unusual footwear. Danny Campbell,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,64378,918,4884,218,6233,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-152447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-danny-campbell","10":"tag-glasgow","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-mental-health","13":"tag-mental-health-foundation","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114614552705162156","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}