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This year I will be running the 2022 London Marathon to raise money for the Stroke Association, in honour of my Dad who sadly suffered a stroke at the end of last year, and I'm asking for your help to give any and all donations you can to this wonderful cause who have so greatly helped my Father since he became ill.

On the 2nd of September, I woke up to the devastating news that my Father had suffered a stroke out of the blue in the middle of the night. For those of you who didn't know him, he was the fittest man any of us knew; played football twice a week, exercised daily and the fact that this happened to him stunned us all. My Father had his whole world flipped upside down in the matter of moments and was left with a long road of recovery ahead of him to get him back to living his life independently. The right side of my Dad's body has been affected; he lost control of his right arm and leg, had to relearn how to speak, write and eat, and all the little daily tasks that we take for granted, he could no longer do on his own.

But my Dad is a fighter!! And he is working so hard to build himself back up, doing daily physio, speech therapy and all the exercises he can to help return his life to normality, and the Stroke Association have been with us every step of the way. They've helped us to apply for benefits, gave us access to carer support, helped with speech and language, liaising with doctors on our behalf, leant us an ipad with therapy apps, and have provided so much accessible information normalising the survival of stroke and filling our family with hope.   

So I feel it is time for me to give something back! So I'm asking for your help to raise as much money as possible and help this fantastic charity to continue to support other stroke survivors and families, just like they have done with mine and my Dad. So please give anything you can! 

I can't wait to make my Dad proud by running the London Marathon and he has set himself a new goal of getting up to London to watch me, and if he can walk by then to walk the last 100 or so yards alongside me. So keep those fingers crossed that he keeps recovering, and please support this fantastic organisation so they can keep up the amazing work that they do. 

Thank you so much for all of your help and generosity x

The Stroke Association are the UK's leading stroke charity, delivering amazing, life-changing support to over 70,000 stroke survivors and their families each year.Without people raising funds for the Stroke Association they could not provide the support and research that they do. Your donations are so important to rebuilding lives after stroke.Where your support goes:- £80 could allow a a stroke survivor to attend a six week communication computer course- £199 could pay for one hour of Helpline activity- £310 could pay for the initial training and expenses of a befriending volunteer- £1,685 could pay for a fitness coach to provide stroke specific exercise rehabilitation- £40,000 funds a Lectureship Award for stroke doctor, nurse, therapist or scientist for a year- £450,000 fully funds a Priority Programme Award in haemorrhagic stroke, vascular dementia and stroke, or the psychological and cognitive impact of stroke, which would run over the course of 5 years