ECHO readers are being invited to take part in a 10K run or 10K walk in memory of Nathan Wilson, whose tragic story we recently featured.

Nathan’s 10K will take place at 10am on Sunday September 17 in Rimrose Valley Park, Waterloo, close to his family’s home.

The event, which it is hoped will become an annual one, will raise awareness and funds for Warrington-based national charity PAPYRUS – Prevention of Young Suicide.

It is £10 per person to take part, and there will be a limit of 300 people as well as a minumum age of 15 for runners and walkers.

There will be prizes for the fastest male and female.

To register, please call 0151 928 3313 or email len.wilson54@gmail.com.

A Just Giving page has also been set up and you can donate by clicking here.

The Wilson twins Nathan (L) and Curtis from Waterloo.

Nathan, 17, one of identical twin brothers, took his own life on February 27, 2013, and mum and dad Len and Gail are determined that his death will not be in vain. They are campaigning to ensure other families don’t suffer the same heartbreak.

Len said: “Nathan used to play in Rimrose Valley Country Park – he learned to ride his bike there, played football and went on his skateboard and scooter there. This is why Gail and I are organising the 10K run and 10K walk through this park.

“We want to raise money for PAPYRUS, and in the future I would love to help others by opening a satellite PAPYRUS office in this area.”

Nathan’s twin brother Curtis is now 21, and Len, 64, and Gail, 60, also have three daughters – Lindsey, 37, Sharon, 35, and Gemma, 28.

Gail and Len Wilson from Waterloo who lost their son Nathan,17 to suicide. Photo by Colin Lane

Len and Gail believe that with better-funded schools and mental health services, a bigger clampdown on bullying and a more open attitude to suicide and its causes, their son’s suicide – and the majority of others – could have been prevented.

Nathan, they believe, could have been assessed for, and diagnosed with, Asperger’s syndrome – as his twin brother was, although this only happened AFTER Nathan’s death.

Asperger’s is one of many conditions that come under the umbrella term “autistic spectrum”, and Nathan’s mum and dad have been told there was an 80% likelihood that Nathan shared the condition with his twin.

Seven months before he died, Nathan wrote what his dad believes was “effectively, a suicide note.”

It included the heartbreaking words: “The only person I can speak to is myself and I do it all the time.”