Hello and welcome to my JustGiving page!

I'm Yaz, a first year medical student and recent addition to the Leicester StreetDoctors team. We are a group of Medical Students at Leicester University who teach young people at risk of knife and gun crime life saving first aid. We currently work with Leicestershire County Council Youth Offending Team, the Leicester Tigers Hitz scheme and Leicester City Football Club, delivering teaching sessions in Leicester and surrounding areas.

To help the charity continue its outstanding work, we wanted to raise money. We spent a lot of time thinking about how to do this, and somehow here I am, preparing to run a 10k. For those of you who don't know me, I'm not exactly the 'running' type, but have enlisted in Leicester's Big 10K in Abby Park on the 30th April this year regardless.

I recently taught a StreetDoctor session that I think will stay with me for a long time. At first, the kids we taught were rowdy and not particularly interested, but after the hour long interactive session on stab wounds (why it is so dangerous to stab someone and what to do if it happens), we received overwhelmingly positive feedback from all of them. Several kids even stayed behind and spent 15 minutes asking us about university, and telling us about their interests and future aspirations. We felt that not only had we met the StreetDoctor goals, but had also made a positive impression on the children.

If you could spare a few pounds to help this cause it would be much appreciated. Alternatively, if you want a laugh, sponsor me and watch as I am obligated to actually run the course...in its full...like a big girl...by myself.

Note to self: bake sales are much easier, yummier and faster...

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