Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.
We need your help to raise some more cash for Helens Trust!
We have been training hard in the rain, sleet and snow so we can make you all proud on the day
of the Great North Run where we wil be running the Half Marathon.
As well as your donations, we welcome your ideas for our running outfits and messages of luck!
(No Rhino Costumes Please)
Helen’s Trust is a vital charity that helps anyone with an incurable illness to have the choice to spend their final days in their own home. I’m raising money so that Helen’s Trust can fund things like:
- round the clock nursing care,
- equipment such as a stair lift so someone can go up to bed,
- a washing machine to wash bed clothes,
- transport to and from hospital appointments,
- a massage from a complimentary therapist to help relieve pain,
- a nursery place for a child to give a sick parent the opportunity to rest.
Often people who are ill can’t afford to fund these things themselves and so will have no choice but to go into hospital to die, rather than be comfortable at home surrounded by their family and friends. Sometimes it is really simple things that can make a huge difference and give more comfort than you can ever imagine.
Helen’s Trust does make a difference to the lives of the people they are privileged to help. This is a "thank you" they received from a lady who lost her sister to an incurable illness:
“…She asked me to lay by her at night so she was not on her own. This situation lasted only three nights, but seemed like a life time. Then Helen’s Trust came into being…
All of a sudden I felt I could cope and make sure her last days were as she would have wanted. We had the opportunity to spend her last days together, talking and reminiscing in a wonderful relaxed atmosphere all thanks to Helen’s Trust. It has certainly helped me to cope with my grief, to be able to nurse a loved one in their home is a real gift…Thank you.”
Please remember that every single £1 that you sponsor me will mean that a person who has an incurable illness can spend a little more time at home with their friends and family…
