Thank you for taking the time to visit my justgiving page.
I’m keeping busy; training hard for the European Age-Group Triathlon Championships, being held in Israel, in April 2012.
It is a great honour and personal achievement to be representing Team GB at the European Championships at an amateur level.
As you know I have a stammer, and I thought the triathlon would be a good opportunity to raise money for a charity close to my heart, the British Stammering Association (BSA).
The BSA provides much needed support to people who stammer, and importantly also provides advice to schools and employers.
5% of children under the age of five will go through a phase of stammering at some stage in their speech and language development.
1% of the adult population stammer, and stammering affects people in different ways. Speech and language therapy can make a positive difference in people who stammer but there is no “magical cure”.
A stammer can mask true skills and hold people back, but with the right support it needn’t be the case as the following famous people with stammers have shown:
Marilyn Monroe, Sir Winston Churchill, King George V and Sir Isaac Newton.
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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.
