Hello Everyone! Thank you for taking the time to visit my JustGiving webpage.

As some of you will know (because I’ve been ranting about how unfit I am), I will be running the Berlin Marathon on Sunday 25^th September  2016.

It has been a long journey over the past year trying to transform myself from Homer Simpson to Mo Farrah, but surprising as it may be to you all, I’m saddened to announce I haven’t quite achieved the athletic accolade of Mo Farrah. However, this minor glitch will not stop me from persevering with my challenge to complete this 26-mile run in epic style!
‘How?’ You may be asking, well it is simple, I’m determined to finish knowing the money I raise with your kind donations will go to a truly deserving charity that have helped my family endlessly and continues to do so to this day.

The Ear Trust is a charity created by Professor Chris Raine, an ear, nose and throat consultant who operated on my younger brother, Victor, who  was born profoundly deaf. A cochlear implant was inserted and this one operation has given Victor a lifetime of hearing. This has changed our lives dramatically and with your donations, we can help more families by giving their loved ones the gift of hearing.

I am thankful every day for the hard working and dedicated audiology team at Bradford Royal Infirmary who work tirelessly to deliver an extraordinary service for their patients. I am also thankful to my parents who have given me the best present an older sister could wish for,  because above all else I am blessed to have a baby brother (he’s 22, but still a baby in my eyes!) like Victor who brings light and laughter to our  family with his witty charm and who smells like a wet dog most of the  time, which is what most brothers are good at doing!

Please donate whatever you can to help me raise money for The Ear Trust.

For more information on The Ear Trust, please visit their website:
http://eartrust.org.uk/

For an adorable photo of Victor after his operation with Professor Chris Raine, please visit the Yorkshire Auditory Implant Service on the link  below:
http://yais.org.uk/the-operation/

For more information on cochlear implants, please visit the website below:
http://www.cochlear.com/wps/wcm/connect/uk/home/understand/hearing-and-hl/hl-treatments/cochlear-implant

This Autumn the Bradford Royal Infirmary audiology team will be starring in a Channel 4 documentary following the journey of profoundly deaf patients who will be able to hear for the first time after undergoing  surgery for the insertion of a cochlear implant. For more information,  please read the local Bradford newspaper on the link below:
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14624528.Bradford_Royal_Infirmary_audiology_team_to_star_in_Channel_4_documentary/