Hi!

Thanks for taking the time to visit my Just Giving page.

Over the last 4 years I have changed my life around. With the help and support of my wife Eileen, my Personal Trainer, Ludo Roy and my friends and family I have lost 17 stone. My motivation came from realising that I would no longer be able to volunteer for ACROSS, a charity which is very close to my heart.

As part of this transformation I have set myself the challenge of completing Tough Mudder Scotland on Sunday 21 June 2015 and to use it to raise funds for ACROSS. 

Tough Mudder is a 12 mile long extreme obstacle course for those who want to challenge themselves! It is essentially a group of people coming together to help each other overcome the physical, emotional and mental obstacles this challenge presents and to have fun along the way.  As an added incentive free beer is handed out to all those who finish!

This is also an ethos that could be applied to ACROSS. Groups of medical and lay people come together to volunteer their time and skills to enable sick and disabled people to have a holiday. As the pictures below show it is not only about enabling people to go on holiday it is also about having fun.

In October this year I will once again be travelling with one of these groups as a lay volunteer and need to raise funds for my fare. If any extra monies are raised they will be donated to the ACROSS general fund. 

Will you help me to help others to have a holiday?  If so, please quote the following when making the donation:

Account Ref: Mclaffed

Further information about ACROSS can be found on their website http://www.across.org.uk 

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