Thank you for taking the time to visit Nikki & Kath's JustGiving page. This is their story:

Nikki and Kath have already supported Healthy Minds in the past with their Big Swim challenge. In the beginning it was 800 metres, and for those who know Nikki, who has mobility issues, this was a huge challenge for her. Inspired by Nikki's amazing achievement, Kath then joined her for their incredible one mile challenge and now this amazing duo plan to go above and beyond and swim up to 100 lengths (way over a mile) for this even more challenging swim fundraiser.

Nikki and Kath both love swimming and they both love the idea of raising some funds for Healthy Minds.

Their plan is to swim over a mile, a massive challenge for them both! but for Nikki and Kath it seemed the most obvious way to raise funds

For Nikki, because ill health and mobility issues have taken their toll and swimming gives her freedom of movement which is great for her mental health. Nikki says 'Healthy Minds has been a life changer and now I want to give something back. I want to try and raise some funds for this worthy charity'

For Kath, because her once chaotic lifestyle has been replaced with 'something to look forward to' by Healthy Minds. And that includes taking on this challenge! For her, training for this fundraiser is helping her as well as helping Healthy Minds. Kath says 'swimming helps me to relax, just concentrating on my breathing slows everything down and is very therapeutic'.

Their fundraising swim will be held at Todmorden Sports Centre on Sunday 24th July at 2.30pm. Come and cheer them on!

Will you help them and give them the final boost they need to go above and beyond? Their goal is to raise £500 or more if they can! but they need your help.

And their message to you - Please will you support us in our challenge and in return help Healthy Minds? Any donation, however small will be very gratefully received and we know will be put to good use.

Thank you

Nikki and Kath xx