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Ian Maskell - all terrain wheelchair for Snowdon Push

Ian Maskell is raising money for Aspire
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purchase of an all terrain wheelchair · 21 May 2019

Every two hours someone in the UK is paralysed by a spinal cord injury. It can happen to anyone at any time and no one is prepared for how it will change their life. Aspire is a national charity that provides practical help, supporting spinal cord injured people from injury to independence.

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Help Ian buy an all- terrain mountain trike so his fundraising activities can continue.

An active sportsperson, Ian Maskell had a bike accident while cycling on the South Downs in 2013. It left him paraplegic and a wheelchair user.  

Ian said: “After five months in a specialist spinal unit and then community rehab, I thought I would have to stay on tarmac for the rest of my days. But thanks to the support and encouragement of friends, family and charities I have got back into the countryside. This has been fantastic for me.” 

He now wants to take part in BackUp charity’s Push Up Snowdon in 2020.To do so he needs a specialist bit of kit called a mountain trike.

https://www.mountaintrike.com/

He has borrowed one for occasional rides out and says: “This is a fantastic piece of British design and manufacture.” 

But at a cost of £5,000 it’s unaffordable. 

This JustGiving page is aimed at raising enough money to enable Ian to buy the all- terrain mountain trike. The money will be administered and managed by the charity Aspire  

https://www.aspire.org.uk/

With this all-terrain mountain trike he will be able to take part in the Snowdon push, donating further sponsorship monies he receives from the push to BackUp,  one of the charities which has helped him re-adjust and re-build his life after his accident.

https://www.backuptrust.org.uk/

Ian does have form: in 2017 he wheeled 100 miles from the London Eye to the Brighton i360 and raised over £10,000 for BackUp, Aspire, Spinal Injuries Association and the Architects’ Benevolent Society.

Donation summary

Total
£5,280.48
+ £1,134.00 Gift Aid
Online
£5,280.48
Offline
£0.00

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