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Thanks for taking the time to visit my Justgiving page. The cause may not seem that well known, but unfortunately it might be to someone we know. Neuro-rehabilitation looks after brain related conditions; a common cause being a stroke. I used to be completely oblivious that such places even existed, but it’s not until you need them, you realise how important they are. I used to be an Airline Captain and Examiner until I had a car accident when someone turned in front of me while I was traveling at 60mph and changed my life forever. I suffered a severe head injury and can no longer drive or fly due to now having, amongst other conditions, no left vision.  Part of my hospital life was being an in-patient in Neuro-rehabilitation, everyone there was fantastic, but unfortunately they are hugely under-funded.  Neuro-rehabilitation does a very, very important job as it involves all sorts of therapy to help rehabilitate the people that suffer with the unfortunate conditions back into the community.  The people I meet there were very diverse from a teenage boy who had been beaten up and kicked in the head, to a man that had contracted a rare disease, to a women who had suffered a stroke. All suffering with brain-related conditions.  The majority of patients include walking as one of their personal goals and this can often be key in gaining some level of independence. With this in mind, I am raising funds for a very specific piece of equipment, which is a specialist treadmill and a de-weighting system. This will allow them to assist and retrain people from an early stage to walk again.   We take walking and simple tasks for granted, but it’s not until conditions like this happen, often through no fault of our own, you then realise just how important they are. I can still remember being taken out to cross the street opposite the Hospital, because I wasn’t capable of doing it on my own. How things can change. I am planning to climb to Everest Base Camp, the trek is to just over 18,000 feet, and involves an expedition of 23 days with walking 5-6 hours per day. Please donate to this very worthwhile cause, even just a small amount which will not make a difference to you, but when combined with all the other donations (hopefully!) it will make a big difference. The trip is funded 100% by myself; the money goes via The League of Friends, as they are the Charity that’s passing on the money for me.

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