We did it! We (Lucy, Jamie, Pat, Ute, George, Gareth, Sharon and Anji) undertook a 26.2 mile challenge along the river Thames from London Eye to Hampton Court to raise money for Richmond AID. Our first challenge was getting into London by 8.30am! The unintentional 'it's a stick up' photo 'shoot' gave us a giggle. Passing lots of famous sites we couldnt believe we had reached Putney by 10.30am.

Jamie and Pat decided to stop off for a well earned pint in Barnes when we got there at midday. The rest of us powered on to Richmond before stopping for a bite to eat. We didn't realise was the tide was coming in and Jamie and Pat would have an epic adventure crossing the tide. But we knew it wouldnt stop them!

We started to flag a little on the walk from Richmond to Kingston. Lucky we had Gentleman George to keep our spirits up and Ute the Ultimate keeping us on track. The walk from Kingston to Hampton Court was exhausting!! Amazingly our first group got to Hampton Court at 5.30pm for a well earned pint. A great day with lots of fun, laughter, friendship and support. And we raised lots of money too!

Thank you so much for supporting us. And you can still donate if you want to!

Disabled people have been hit hard by Covid. Now more than ever our advice services are in huge demand and of vital importance for disabled people. We are working hard to respond quickly to people in very difficult circumstances. We receive daily requests for support with benefit claims, housing, debt, counselling, and more.

A recent client said "Richmond AID helped me to sort things with their swift response and clear advice. This enabled me to look for light at the end of a very dark tunnel. I'm forever grateful. Thank you to staff and volunteers."

Richmond AID is a well established Teddington based charity which provides advice and information to disabled people, on social welfare matters including welfare benefits, debt and money, housing and social care.

Richmond AID has been a key player in the Richmond borough's Covid-19 relief efforts. During the lockdown we quickly set up a food hub to support disabled people. We started a very successful telephone befriending scheme, offered our counselling service for free and supported more than 1500 people with advice, information and support since March.