In 2025 I have set myself the challenge of completing 12 fundraising activities in 12 months.

As people know, I love to run, and I love to fundraise at the same time. However #12in12 over 2025 will be about completing alternative challenges and encouraging friends, family, colleagues, CCNs (community children's nurses) and Queen's Nurses across the UK to join in with me. I hope along the 12 months you will find at least one challenge you can join in with.

In 2020 I became a Queen's Nurse, just as the COVID pandemic hit. At one of the most challenging times in my career, it also became one of the most exciting times in my career, as I joined up with other passionate CCNs to advocate for our most complex CYP. Channeling our passion and developing our national Children's Community Nursing network, we were able to change policy and become one voice.

The QNI has been an incredible support for the network and helped elevate us to make significant changes in community children's nursing. As a charity, it has an incredible national influence and it's Support for Nurses are a lifeline, for current nurses (#Talk to us) but also retired nurses with its Keeping in Touch service. This fundraising page is about raising essential money and awareness for Support for nurses, to continue to emotionally and financially support nurses that reach out.

Please join us where you can, whether on the same activity event, doing it at a local event near you, doing it your own way or simply just by fundraising for #SupportForNurses. https://qni.org.uk/support-for-nurses/

Together we can continue to support our amazing community nursing workforce to keep going, stay well and improve the lifes of our community across the lifespan.

Challenges/activities

January: Sat 25/1/25 London Winter Walk - half marathon https://www.ultrachallenge.com/london-winter-walk/route-options/

February: 10k steps/day or 30mins exercise/day

March: 3100 Squats - 100 Squats a day

April: TBC

May: Sat Nurses day Park walk/Run date tbc

Sunday 18/5/25 Hackney Half Marathon

June: Date/location TBC - Yoga in National Garden

July: TBC

August: Sat 23/8/25 London Summer walk (any distance)

September: TBC aiming 20/9/25 Serpentine Swim

October: TBC

November: TBC

December: Shelter's walk for home date tbc

Santa Run - any location

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