Mission accomplished!  Lorraine and Simon completed the London Marathon - Lorraine storming it in 4hrs 38mins Simon struggling through in 5hrs 41mins! 

 

 Thanks to everyone who has donated and help us exceed our target it is all your support that kept us going during the build up and the actual day.



 Special thanks to the kerb crew  Sophie, Harry ,Jerry, Jane, Toby, Sharon, Sarah, Amber, Emma and Martin who kept us  going.  And not forgetting Mick who ran for Epilepsy Research who beat Lorraine by 2 minutes and 28 seconds!There is always next year!(did I really just say that!!)

 

Well done everyone who helped ,supported or donated the final total with gift aid is £4293.20 !!!!!!! how fantastic is that.Simon and I have entered the ballot for next year so watch this space!

After a two year stuggle with Motor Neurone Disease my lovely brother in law Nigel died on Saturday 11th Feb. At this time of grief and sadness words are difficult. Our thoughts and love go out to Nigel's wife Julia and his beautiful children Caitlin and Alex.  

 

Well done to everyone at Cumberland Infants School who raised £147.00 doing a non school uniform day well done!

 

Great weekend in Somerset fundraising!

A big thank you to all the lovely residents and businesses of Somerton for donating prizes and attending the bingo. It was a great night for all concerned but special thanks to Toby aka Pete and Sharon for all their hard work, also thanks to Jerry & Jane, Sophie, Harry, George, Clare, Tash, Toby from the village and Jim for the cakes!

We raised £531!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so well done I have made my target - but please keep giving we can get to £4,000 !!

 

The marathon is only 3 weeks Sunday bring it on!

Cake Marathon.

 Thankyou to everyone who made and bought cakes and bought raffle tickets  we raised £203! Well done 

 

 

Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks the upper and lower motor neurones. Degeneration of the motor neurones leads to weakness and wasting of muscles, causing increasing loss of mobility in the limbs, and difficulties with speech, swallowing and breathing.

 

 

 

 

 

In 2010 my brother in law Nigel was diagnosed with MND.  It is difficult to imagine how to cope when someone you love suffers such rapid loss of mobility and speech but Nigel’s family have been so strong they are an inspiration to us all.  Running 26.2 miles seems easy in comparison!

 

MND is rare and debilitating but seeing the way Nigel, Julia, Caitlin and Alex cope is more than enough to motivate me to run another marathon and reach my fundraising target of £3,000.

 

The Motor Neurone Disease Association offers a life-line to families, providing accurate and practical day-to-day support to enable people with MND to live with their diagnosis and achieve the best quality of life possible.

They campaign for the best possible care and continue to fund and promote groundbreaking research around the world to identify treatments and find the cure for the disease. Your donation will contribute to their valuable work.

www.mndassociation.org