Why I am fundraising for Parkinson's UK
Thank you for visiting my fundraising page! I’m taking part in the Manchester Marathon for Parkinson’s UK and would really appreciate your support!
As many of you are aware my dad has been living with Parkinson’s disease since 2020. We have always known that the Parkinson’s journey would have its ups and downs but the last 12 months have been particularly challenging. As dad’s core strength started to disappear the falls started to increase. Multiple visits to hospital later and we are where we are today. Decreasing mobility means that dad is now immobile and fully reliant on mum to assist with all day to day living tasks.
Parkinson’s is a disease that doesn’t happen over night. Parkinson’s is slowly taking dad away from us all day by day. There are no cures, there are no answers on what the Parkinson’s journey will be like or how long it will last.
The most frustrating thing for me is that there are no answers, there is no medicine that can reverse some of the changes that this disease has made to dad.
I’m fundraising for my dad and for all the families that will have to go through this journey in the future. Hopefully there will be answers and maybe one day a cure.
Please help by sponsoring my challenge. All money raised will help fund breakthroughs and help support the Parkinson's community.
My updates
2 Weeks to go
Monday 14th Apr Long run day yesterday. Not going to say it was my best running but 32k is 32k 🤷♂️ Share
6 weeks to go
Saturday 15th Mar Happy to say I am back on track. Post my 32k run I started to struggle with tendon issues in my left foot. Around 5 weeks of no running and a few visits to a physio and I am back out running and slowly increasing the kms. Fingers crossed for the next few weeks. Share
Thank you to my sponsors
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Mary Kirkbride
£10
Jenni & Mark Cooper
Smashed it Aaron well done 👏🏼
£40
Anonymous
£20
Marie Nicholson
Well done Aaron love Marie & Jeff xx
£30
Watkins Usa :)
Amazing Aaron. Well done. You should feel extremely proud.
£20
Anonymous
£20
Lindsay Maclean
Well done, amazing work
£20
Sophie Pike
Well done Aaron great time xx
£20
Andy, Emma And Olivia X
Amazing work, Aaron!
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Hayley, Tom And The Girls X
Good luck Aaron
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Steve Holland
Good look Aaron
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Ben Armstrong
£5
Lisa Holmes
Good luck
£40
John And Jo X
Good luck love John and Jo xx
£20
Nikki
£10
Rachel Adams
Good luck Aaron, great cause, I know you can do this 👏 great to hear you are back on track with your training xx
£215
Joe, Lewis And Jordan (one Cap)
Good luck 👊🏻
£15
Jemma Walker
Good luck, you’ll do ace
£50
Alice Kirkbride
Go for it Aaron You can do it
£50
Sam Watkins
Go Aaron you total legend. Brutal training session today! You are amazing. Much Love Sam
£20
Sam, Anna & Cora
Good luck, Aaron!
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Sue Dormer
Good luck love and hugs Sue
£10
Lauraine Chilvers
Good Luck Aaron
£5
Elizabeth Robinson
£20
Jo Smith
£10
Pat
Good luck
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Ellie Capp
Good Luck Aaron! You'll smash it! :)
£20
Vicky Henderson
Good luck Aaron.
£10
Simon Coulbeck
£10
Kerry Nicholson
Good luck Aaron! We hope the training goes smoothly! Lots of love, Kerry, Kalam & Verity xxx
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Vicky Laursen
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Elizabeth And David Fenwick
Good luck Aaron, raising much needed funds too.
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Gillian Wright
Proud of you Aaron
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Adam, Miranda And Girls X
Good Luck Marathon Man!
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Jean & Tony Wheeler
Thank you Aaron, means a lot to dad xx
£10
Lisa Day
Good luck in the marathon & well done for raising fund to support Parkinson’s UK
Well done, Aaron!