At the age of 16, Freya was severely depressed and tried to end her life. She credits running for saving her life.
Years later, working in Human Rights Law, Freya discovered that 1/3 of asylum seekers held in a UK detention centre were on suicide watch. She wanted to help change this. And created The Human Disco Ball, a campaign to raise money for legal aid for refugees whilst running 2,500km dressed as a human disco ball.
Freya's story of her creativity and positive energy is one you need to hear. She is an incredible human being, with an infectious sparkle of warmth, kindness and positivity that will inspire you.
She is on a mission to change the narrative on how we treat refugees seeking asylum, and is willing to put herself through pain to tell her story.
Recently, Freya completed a 200km continuous run, which took her 43 hours, with many of those miles dressed in her disco ball outfit.
In this conversation, we discuss how and why she is aiming to run a total of 2,500km, we talk about the refugee journey and why we should all take some time to understand what is going on, and we also discuss how running has helped save Freya’s life, the power of a pot noodle, and how she managed to run 200 km in one go without any sleep.
Support Freya's Cause:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/freya-morgan-1669119657286
https://www.instagram.com/_humandiscoball/
Mentioned in the Pod:
The Samaritans. https://www.samaritans.org/
The Listening Place https://www.listeningplace.org.uk/
RunThrough: https://www.runthrough.co.uk/
Coopah Refugee Run Club: https://coopah.com/mission
Care 4 Calais: https://care4calais.org/
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