Frances Folkard

Annie's Carrots NightWalk

Fundraising for Fight for Sight
£1,110
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Fight for sight, 21 September 2012
Fight for Sight

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RCN 1111438
We fund brilliant minds and bright ideas to save sight and change lives.

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Back in my student days in the 70's I undertook the rag week Bogle stroll on a whim - Lancaster to Mancheser, some 52 miles.  I undertook this with no training and with no sponsorship!  It took a very long time - I think I was last to finish!  This time I hope to do better on all fronts.  We will be walking 15 miles around famous London iconic sites at night.  I hope it will be fun.

Please support me - Birdshot is close to my heart as I have this rare eye condition. I am fortunate as I have been treated effectively, but others are not so lucky and I want to stop needless vision loss.

The aim of the walk for us Birdshotters is to raise money for a Birdshot Biobank to help researchers understand the rare and potentially blinding disease of Birdshot Chorioretinopathy.

We need to find out why people get this eye condition and what can be done to treat it in a more effective way.   This is currently hard to do because the condition is rare, and large numbers of "Birdshotters" are hard to find to study.  A Birdshot Biobank would really aid researchers and scientists interested in finding out more about the condition and devising better treatment options.

The walk is being organised by Fight for Sight, the UK’s leading charity dedicated to funding pioneering research into sight loss and eye disease.  They are helping us raise money for Research in Birdshot Uveitis and a Biobank via their Nightwalk.

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Fight for Sight

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RCN 1111438
Imagine being told that you, or someone you love, is losing their sight. In that moment, two profound questions demand urgent answers: Can this be stopped? How will I live my life? We fund the brilliant minds and bright ideas, putting change in sight for everyone impacted by vision loss.

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,110.00
+ £178.75 Gift Aid
Online donations
£805.00
Offline donations
£305.00

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