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Thanks for taking the time to visit the JustGiving page for the Lanarkshire and Glasgow South Branch of PARKINSON'S UK. This is to enable people to donate to the branch online at any time throughout the year for any reason.   2011  Chris Kay is running the great scottish run half marathon again this year on Sunday 4th September    2010 Initially set up for the Cindy-Lou Film on Parkinson's. The film was shown during Parkinson's Awareness Week (19th - 25th April).at the National Museum of Rural Life, Stewartfield Way, East Kilbride,  G76 9HR.  The official Opening Night was on Thursday 22nd from 6pm to 7:30pm when there was a reception, special guests, a short introductory talk about Parkinson's, a screening of Cindy-Lou's documentary and a raffle and auction to raise funds for the local Parkinson's Branch of which her father is a member.   Cindy's nephew Chris Kay, decided to do the half marathon event of the Great Scottish Run to help raise funds.  I was aware that my grandad was suffering from Parkinson’s but I did not know very much about it until I watched her film. I assumed that Parkinson’s was just the type of things that “comes along with age”. It was not until I watched Cindy’s film that I realised the true range of people that can contract the disease and how badly people’s lives can be affected by the disease. It was a truly humbling and uplifting experience to hear off of all of the good work that the people in the group carry out on a daily basis. I genuinely felt inspired after watching the film and am extremely grateful for the work that Cindy has put into this project as I feel that, without this, I would never have had my eyes truly opened.The race took place on Sunday 5 September 2010. My only previous experience of running in an organised event was when I took part in the 10k event for GSR 2009 event. Until shortly before the event I had only trained for repeating the 10k distance but, as the dates approached I began to get nervous about raising sufficient sponsorship money, so I decided to go for the half marathon event (double the 10k). I found it quite hard going on the day but, in the end I came through and finished with a time of 2Hr 1Min 23Secs.  I had originally set a target of £150 however, my gamble has paid off as I have managed to raise £200 and now fully expect this figure to increase to £250 in the coming weeks.     Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. So please dig deep and donate now.