Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family is to tackle the mental health issues caused by the pandemic
Hannah Ingram-Moore told Metro.co.uk her family had been targeted online over his trip to Barbados but they are keeping faith in his belief in the ‘kindness of the human spirit’. But the record-breaking fundraiser, whose motto was ‘tomorrow will be a good day’, would have wanted young people to realize their potential despite the difficulties they face in the modern world, his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said.
‘We united as a family using real emotional resilience but I hope we are able to show people, especially young people, that you can be strong enough to walk away from negative comments and don’t let them impact you. The centenarian had described how his first wife Billie suffered from mental health issues which were little understood at the time of their marriage in the 1950s. His second wife, Pamela, suffered from dementia and he cared for her until she was moved into a home before her death in 2006.now wants to foster healthy minds at a young age as key to addressing the ills brought about by the pandemic and social media.
‘We are supporting those charities to allow mental health services to be provided all the way through from primary school right the way through to twenty-five, including their parents and their teachers.