A Starting Block is the person, place or moment that inspired you to become who you are today. Not every young person has the opportunity or inspiration to unlock their potential and find their Starting Block in life.

I'm taking part in the Starting Blocks Challenge to help Dame Kelly Holmes Trust change what's possible for those young people who are facing challenges in their everyday lives. The Trust works with world-class athletes who use their experience at the highest levels of sport to mentor young people. Over the next ten years the Trust aims to support 10,000 young people through programmes designed to improve their wellbeing, help them build healthy relationships and establish the confidence, self-esteem and resilience they need to achieve in education, work and life.

I have decided to cycle from my family home in Warrington to Clatterbridge Hospital in Bebington, Wirral via the Transpennine Trail covering roughly 54 miles. The reason I have chosen this route is because I have been a patient on two occasions at this amazing facility following a cancer diagnosis in 2009 and 2015. This 'Starting Block' propelled me into studying and rewarded a career as a Quantity Surveyor.

Please sponsor me and help me to achieve my goal and help the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust assist young people to unlock their potential!