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Total raised so far

80%

£1,200.00 of £1,500 target +£265.00 Gift Aid See breakdown

Recent donations

1 year ago

Tim Machin

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

I hope all went well on the day. Well done! From all of Ruth's Starbottom birthday buddies.

1 year ago

Fiona Banton

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

1 year ago

Sally-ann McGladdery

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

1 year ago

Kelly Wilson

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good luck uncle Chris!

1 year ago

Joanne Galloway

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

1 year ago

Alice Deignan

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

1 year ago

Ceri Lloyd-Jones

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

1 year ago

Tosh

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Best of Luck for the weekend

1 year ago

Ruth and Gid

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Get those calories in this week. We will be cheering you en route xx

1 year ago

Gaynor Butterwick

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Know that you'll all smash it!

ChrisJohnson

Chris Johnson is raising money for Motor Neurone Disease Association and Empowered People

My story

My brother-in-law David is a cancer survivor who was then diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. This time, however, we are also faced with the harsh reality that there is no cure for MND. The type he has is called ALS (there are several different types of MND) which comes with an average life expectancy of 2-5 years from the onset of symptoms. We now know the early symptoms were there at the same time as the cancer, 3 years ago.

David has been a long distance fell runner for over 30 years and I have enjoyed sharing some of those long days in the hills with him and his wife Helen.

Both the West Yorkshire branch of the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) and Todmorden based charity EMpowered People have supported David and his family a lot over the past year or so since the diagnosis.

I am joining my sister-in-law Helen and thousands of others running the Rob Burrow marathon to help raise awareness of MND and to raise money for the two local charities that are supporting David and Helen.

Whilst a cure for Motor Neurone Disease is not yet a reality, we can still make a positive difference to those living with MND by raising money for these charities. Please will you help us to help them improve the quality of life for those living with the devastating effects of this most awful disease?

Every donation, no matter how small will help to make a difference.

Please Note: All funds raised will be split 80:20 between the MND Association, and Empowered People.

mndassociation.org/what-is-mnd/

mndassociation.org/about-us/

empoweredpeople.co.uk


Thank you for checking out my page. Making a donation is fast, easy and secure thanks to Give as you Live Donate. They'll take your donation and pass it onto Motor Neurone Disease Association and Empowered People.

My updates

1 year ago

Delichon are providing the racing buggy free of charge for Dave to use. Great piece of equipment.

Image uploaded with update

1 year ago

First practice with the racing wheelchair

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1 year ago

As a last minute change, Dave has been offered a racing wheelchair from the same company supplying Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield. Dave's wife Helen, friend Simon and myself are now planning to support Dave round the marathon, taking in turns to push.

Image uploaded with update

My 2 charities

Motor Neurone Disease Association

Charity number: 294354

Empowered People

Charity number: 1153703

Chris Johnson is fundraising as part of

Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon 2023

14th May 2023

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