Good Luck to Alan, Rebecca and Sarah running the Virgin London Marathon for OCD-UK tomorrow.

We will have a support team on Tower Bridge (North side) from 8:30am, do come along and say hello if you're passing, and if you can spare a few hours stay with us and help us cheer on team OCD-UK. (OCD-UK t-shirts will be available to those that can stay and help (whilst stocks last).

You can read Sarah's story on our website here.

Cycling is a great way to raise awareness for OCD-UK when wearing OCD-UK cycle clothing, and new in stock this week is this Mid-Winter OCD-UK cycling jacket, perfect whilst we are waiting for the British Summer to finally arrive.

All cyclists taking part in cycling fundraising events for OCD-UK will be offered a cycle jersey or one of these cycling jackets as part of their sponsorship pack (contact us for details), or alternatively you may wish to purchase one for simply training in and cycling around the national cycling network.

Click here to buy an OCD-UK cycling jacket.

Kerrang! Magazine – the UK’s biggest selling music weekly – has today announced that this year’s Relentless Kerrang! Awards will be celebrating its 20th anniversary with a brand new venue and co-host, and they have kindly invited OCD-UK to be the charity partner for the awards event.

Announcing our involvement as the new charity partner, Kerrang! editor James McMahon,‏ Tweeted 'In tomorrows Kerrang! we announce details of our 2013 awards. I'm delighted @OCDUK are our new charity. They were a friend when I needed one.' He went on to Tweet 'Mental health charities can do lots of good. I just needed to know I wasn't alone in feeling like I did. I hope @OCDUK know I am grateful.'

OCD-UK representative, and rock chick, Patsy Gough said of this fantastic partnership,  “Many young people experience mental health problems, including OCD, and the charity partnership between OCD-UK and Kerrang! will show this young open-minded audience that OCD and Mental Health need not be a taboo subject. We are sooooo excited to be part of this exciting and vibrant alternative music awards show.”

We have a fantastic small team of runners participating in this years Great Manchester Run (10k / 6.6 miles) on Sunday 26th May, but we still have a few places left, and we really want to be able to field a team of 15 runners!

One of those taking part this year for OCD-UK is Lisa Marnell (pictured) and she explained why she is running for OCD-UK on her Just Giving fundraising page.

"Since the age of 8 I have been afflicted by this debilitating problem known as OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) which up until recently (I am now 32 years old) had impacted greatly on my quality of life and general enjoyment.

OCD is not about being tidy, it is a mental illness that sometimes makes me think suicide is the only way out.

OCD could have robbed Sarah Harrington of motherhood – and her life. The 35-year-old shares her story for OCD-UK to Wendy Roberts of the Derby Evening Telegraph.

Ride4OCD will see OCD-UK’s Ashley Fulwood and patron Professor Paul Salkovskis cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats (LEJOG), through England, Wales and Scotland. They will be covering an average of 75-85 miles a day, just over 1110 miles in 14 days from August 17th to 30th August 2013 and hope to raise lots of awareness and fundraising along the way.

They will be helped in their quest by member Lisa Marnell in a support van, and joined for the second part of the trip by OCD therapist Brynjar Halldorsson who will be cycling with Ashley and Paul. You can get involved too, come along to meet them, for the more adventurous you are welcome to cycle along with them, either for half a day, a full day or for several days in your own mini fundraising challenges for OCD-UK.

You can follow updates on their progress in preparation and during the trip on Twitter @ride4ocd and if you can't get involved during August, but would like to sponsor them, then you can now do so at http://www.justgiving.com/ride4ocd