This year I decided I wanted to start running. As someone who has always said “I don’t run! It’s not for me” I wasn’t sure how it would go.

Running has been incredible for my mental and physical wellbeing. It has allowed me to connect with friends and opened up a community of incredibly supportive runners.

Taking part in my first half marathon will be my biggest challenge so far.

This is an incredible opportunity to raise money for charity and I will be fundraising for SSNAP.

SSNAP funds essential medical life-saving equipment, research, and support the amazing NHS staff on the neonatal unit with training and study days, to enable them to continue to provide the very best of care.

SSNAP support sick newborn, their parents and those that care for them; by providing emotional, medical, financial and informational support.

SSNAP was founded in 1982 and has supported the Newborn Care Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital ever since. In 2024, SSNAP will be celebrating 42 years of supporting parents and their premature sick babies at the JR - providing both emotional and practical support, 365 days a year, being a life-line at a time when parents need us most.