Sarah Gowing

Sarah's page

Fundraising for Alzheimer's Society
£1,320
raised of £750 target
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Event: Great North Run 2015, on 13 September 2015
Alzheimer's Society

Verified by JustGiving

RCN 296645
We provide help and hope to everyone living with dementia.

Story

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

On 13th September 2015 I will be running 13.1 miles from Newcastle to South Shields in the Great North Run.  As some of you will know, I'm not a big fan of running (unless it is around an astroturf pitch chasing a small plastic ball) and 13.1 miles is certainly further than I have ever run before. Having lived on Tyneside for 7 years I am looking forward to returning to the North East and running part of my old journey to work!

I have chosen to raise money for 2 different causes.  The first is the Alzheimer's Society: I have a personal connection with the disease as both my grandmothers had it and I also look after patients with dementia on a daily basis at work.  I'm sure most of you will know someone affected by this increasingly common disease.  

The second cause is The Friends of Viera Gray House, a home for the frail elderly in South West London which looked after both of my grandmothers in their final months.  The money I raise will go to funding a regular music therapist for the residents.  This is a source of huge enjoyment for the residents and is funded purely by charitable donations.  Currently they are only able to pay for this to happen every fortnight and I am hoping that the money I raise can make it weekly.  Unfortunately I am not able to collect money through justgiving.com for Viera Gray House so if you would like to split your donation between the 2 causes or donate just to this cause please contact me directly at smgowing2112@gmail.com. 

As part of my training I am running the British 10k in London on 12th July which I'm looking forward to, and will give me a good idea of how my training is going! 

Thank you in advance for your support.

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. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

Share this story

Help Sarah Gowing

Sharing this page with your friends could help raise up to 3x more in donations

You can also help by sharing this link on

About the charity

Alzheimer's Society

Verified by JustGiving

RCN 296645
At Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today, and providing hope for the future by campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be and funding groundbreaking research.

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,320.00
+ £227.50 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,065.00
Offline donations
£255.00

* Charities pay a small fee for our service. Find out how much it is and what we do for it.