Myself and Melinda plan to Swim 100 lengths of Godalming leisure centre pool over a period of 5 weeks .

Melinda has been a resident of the Meath since she was in her 40's .She has endured an acquired brain injury from the age of 10 from a road traffic accident which triggered Epilepsy She has had major surgery over the years, one of which was an operation was to correct her feet . More recently she was diagnosed with breast cancer and has endured months of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and the loss of all her hair, which was her pride and joy. She has finally been given the all clear.

With the support that she has had over the years, Mel feels that she owes the Meath a debt of gratitude and wants to give something back especially as she is reaching her 60th birthday this year .

when she started online coffee mornings with Headway a brain injury charity she was informed that they were taking part in the Challenge 100. As she has just started swimming again, Mel has come up with the idea to swim 100 lengths of the pool over a period of 5 weeks. She wants to raise money for the charity which has played a large part in Mel's journey to where she is today .

I am Mel's key worker and have worked at the Meath almost 3 years now. I swim with Mel every week so it makes sense to me that I also take on the challenge

I am advancing in years and have to also have surgery this year; reconstruction of my feet so will be unable to work for 12 weeks. I have not done a lot to challenge myself over the years and this may be the last chance for a while, so what better way to celebrate our joint 60th birthday than to help Mel and raise money for the Meath.

SORRY WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO START YET WE WEILL START WHEN MEL IS WELL ENOUGH.

IF YOU STRUGGLE WITH DONATIONS YOU CAN CONTACT THE MEATH OR MYSELF VIA THURSLEY UNIT

hi ladies and gentlemen Mel has asked me to tell you all that we intend to do an extra few lengths i love the fact that its we,

,however it does come at price she says we will do an extra 50 lengths if we get more donations so pass the word around so that we can get more sponsors you have all been so generous but we really do nee the extra donations

thank you all very much for all your support

well everyone we are so excited we have completed our 100 lengths so in total we have done 200 lengths

Mel has said she wants to do another 100 lengths to raise the total if we can increase the money raised so far its 50 lengths each please support our cause and be generous .the work that the Meath greatly enhances the lives of the people with epilepsy that they support