Hi and welcome to my fundraising page.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

As some of you may be aware that I did the Race For Life back in July 2009 and raised £101 for cancer research, I managed to complete the course in 45min’s. It was a personal challenge to me and I enjoyed the whole experience.

I have never been that sporty and I never saw myself doing anything too energetic, as most of you that know me, know that I have battled with my weight for many years and would have never considered any kind of challenge like this.

Well here I go again I’m challenging my body once more for charity. This time I’m swimming, I have to swim 22 miles (like swimming the English Channel) in 12 weeks in a pool of my choice. I missed the first week so I have 11 weeks to do 1770 lengths in a 20 metre pool.

Click on this link to take you to a log of my progress.

So please dig deep and donate now. Every donation is important to the charity.

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.

What happens to your donation:-

Aspire is a charity that works with people with spinal cord injury to create opportunity, choice and independence. Our national services and programmes include adapted housing for people leaving hospital if houses aren’t yet accessible, specialist computer equipment, independent living officers who provide direct support and advice for people recently injured and the Human Needs Fund which people can apply to for funding for specialist equipment. Aspire ensures that everyone with a spinal cord injury has the opportunity to live an independent and fulfilled life.

Aspire receives no statutory funding, so every penny raised through the Aspire Channel Swim will help us to continue our vital work.

•   £100 will buy the duvet and pillows for one of our adapted houses

•   £350 will buy SmartNav technology for a PC to enable someone with a high level spinal injury to use a computer

•   £700 will buy a laptop and an accessible bed table for a child in hospital so they can continue to study and stay connected to friends whilst recovering

•   £1,000 will provide a rise and fall hob or sink in one of our adapted houses

•   £2,500 will buy a made to measure light weight wheelchair

 

To find out more details on what we do, click here to view the main Aspire website