UPDATE : Entry deferred to Great North Run 2011

Hello and welcome to my justgiving page raising money on behalf of Liverpool Sands.

Sands is an organisation which can offer you support when your baby dies during pregnancy or after birth and is run by people who have also experienced the loss of a baby.

Losing a baby changes your life forever. My son, Michael, died in November 2003 aged 1 day and I will be eternally grateful to the support given to Andrew and me by Formby Sands. However, it made me think that there should be a Sands group in Liverpool and with Steve and Shell Frost we have now made this a reality.

http://www.liverpool-sands.co.uk/

We are always looking for ways to raise money and I was lucky(!!) enough to get a place in the Great North Run in September this year. UPDATE : I have deferred my entry to 2011as my knee wasn't quite up for 13 miles. I took part in 2008 and raised more than £500 for Sands. I have optimistically set a target of £1000 but would love to raise more so hopefully the extra time I know have will enable me to do this!

I took part in the Big Fun Run in Liverpool on August 7th and Liverpool Sands were there to cheer me and the othe Sands runners on.

We will carry on rasing awareness where we can.

Sands is one of those things that you hope you will never ever need. But sadly, seventeen babies die every day. So please help me help others whose lives have also now been changed forever.

Thanks for reading this far - now for the important bit!

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. Gift aid added about £150 to the £530 raised by donation.

Thank you!