I'm joining Walk Your AS Off this May. I will be doing the Leeds half marathon. I was diagnosed with Axial SpA in 2019, after suffering with back pain for over 8 years. Nass is not a well known charity so every single £1 will help them.

Axial SpA affects 1 in 200 people in the UK – twice as many as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s. If left untreated and symptoms are unmanaged, it can permanently fuse the spine and joints.

It’s an invisible and misdiagnosed condition with no cure. It works silently, leaving people feeling isolated and powerless, in increasing pain and extreme exhaustion, making basic daily tasks and full-time employment very difficult, or even impossible.

Your support has never been more urgent. Thousands of people receive little or no NHS information or support. Just £10 can help provide information and support for one person with axial SpA when they most need it.