Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I am raising money for Omega, an end of life charity based in Shrewsbury and working across the UK. Theywork hard to raise standards in end of life care by supporting caregivers looking after someone with a terminal illness, people who are themselves end of life, and those who have been bereaved.

Over the last decade, they have found that loneliness and social isolation were all too prevalent for caregivers, the bereaved and the elderly, and were a major cause of the low level wellbeing. To help they created the now multi-award-winning telephone befriending service, Chatterbox Action Against Loneliness Programme, as a way to tackle loneliness. Along with this they also offer a Pen Pal service - A Letter from Louise as another form of support.

With the current pandemic charities like Omega need our support more and more, with lockdown restrictions having a huge impack on mental health and wellbeing for all.

For myself I have found being able to exercise really helps my well being, so I thought I'd set myself a challenge, and help raise awareness for this lovely charity at the same time.

I started doing deadlifts at the gym, with the help of my husband - who makes sure I don't do myself any damage, over a month ago. I started with just an empty HEX bar, and have now progressed to 70kg (whoop!). So the challenge is to be able to lift double my body weight - So 110kg by the end of the year. I will be doing updates on my training, and the state of my poor hands over the weeks.

Please donate what you can to this amazing charity - and help support those who, especially at the moment are most in need.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.