My story

Although not well known, Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness.  The cells of the macula (retina) become damaged and stop working. It is a condition that typically affects people over the age of 50. Amazingly, by the age of 75 around 33% of people have some symptoms, increasing to a huge 50% by the time they reach 85. Although people do not lose all of their sight, reading, recognition of faces, driving, watching television and independent living can become increasingly difficult.
There is currently no cure, although much work is done to make living with the condition less daunting. Encouraging genetic research is being undertaken by “Gift of Sight”, but more funding is needed to stop this touching so many people’s lives in the future.
To motivate you to donate to this cause, I’ve tried to find a real challenge. So I’m going to try to rediscover my youth/sporting prowess and forget about my love of food, while I prepare for a cross country Marathon in June which takes place in the South Downs in Sussex (good thing there aren't too many hills there!)
AMD is an issue that is close to home as my Father has the condition. He, like many others, is approaching it in a very positive manner, but a cure needs to be found quickly for this condition as it will unfortunately affect so many other people (particularly given an ageing population combined with ever increasing life expectancy).
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3 months into training and 20lbs lighter, I completed the Fleet Marathon in 1hr 54 mins a few weeks ago. This has underlined how much more I need to do for a run double the distance! If you can donate any amount to spur me on it would be much appreciated.....

07/04/12 09:51

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Gift of Sight

Gift of Sight

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The Gift of Sight Appeal funds world-class research into the prevention and treatment of blindness. Principal areas of research are Age-related macular degeneration, the commonest cause of blindness in the Western world, Nystagmus and Glaucoma. X19140

Donations 58

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Hi Charlie Hope you have a good run Lots of love from Mel, Alex, Georgie and Roddy

Donation by Mel and Alex Lewis on 24/05/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Charles!

Donation by Christopher MacLellan on 23/05/12

£20.00

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Good luck

Donation by Stephen Hobbis on 22/05/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Adam Glossop on 21/05/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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lots of luck - sounds like a tough course!

Donation by James Templeman on 21/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck !!

Donation by Jiten Samani on 21/05/12

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Good luck!

Donation by Adam Grimsley on 21/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Charles!

Donation by Mark Azzopardi on 21/05/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck! See you at the Rat Race soon then???

Donation by Harps on 18/05/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Hope you have a sturdy set of trainers... good luck.

Donation by Adam Levi on 18/05/12

£50.00

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Hopefully I won't have to see you in your lycra after this

Donation by michael clark on 18/05/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck mate

Donation by Garth Flannery on 18/05/12

£75.00

+ £18.75 Gift Aid

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Good luck from Philomena Ott and Susie Story

Donation by Philomena Ott and Susy Story on 18/05/12

£75.00

+ £18.75 Gift Aid

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Keep the pace up!

Donation by Chris G on 18/05/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good Luck!

Donation by Adam Cohen on 18/05/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Donation by stuart webster on 17/05/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Will Cle be chasing you all the way? What an incentive to dawdle on the Downs...

Donation by Alexandra Michael Theo xxxxx on 16/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck from the Temple's

Donation by ian temple on 16/05/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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It was the photo in the flourescent Tshirt that did it for me! Good luck and look forward to seeing you after it.

Donation by Swoods on 16/05/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Best of luck Charlie. Sub 3 hours and I'll double it!

Donation by Nick Read on 15/05/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Charlie: hope it goes well.

Donation by Ian Elliott on 14/05/12

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Good luck Charlie - a huge and worthwhile challenge

Donation by Nick Greenstock on 14/05/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Best of luck Charles. A cause well worth all of your effort.

Donation by Kevin Corcoran on 14/05/12

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All the best Charles.

Donation by Chander Gupta on 14/05/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Charlie. Hopefully see you in Brussels ??? Lease x

Donation by Lisa Wilson on 14/05/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£2,772.39
  • Offline donations£150.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£2,922.39
  • Gift Aid£658.10

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