Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. On Friday 4th September I will be cycling to Paris to raise money for Help the Hospices and have to raise a minimum of £1,400!!

I must be crazy but its for an excellent cause so please give generously!

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Help the Hospices gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

So please sponsor me now!

Hospices give time and care to people with incurable illnesses. Every year, they help 250,000 terminally ill adults and children to live life to the full, whatever time they have left.

Each of these patients will be a mother or father, brother or sister, friend or colleague. At home, in day care and in the hospice, care is tailored to the needs of each individual, and is given free of charge. 95% of hospice patients have cancer-related conditions, but hospices also care for people with a variety of other incurable illnesses.

Hospice care is based on a simple idea – that the person is more than the illness. Hospices try to respond to the physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of each person. They do this by offering pain control, symptom relief, skilled nursing care, counselling, complementary therapies, spiritual care, creative activities, physiotherapy, bereavement support and many other services.

They also offer care to family and friends, giving practical and emotional support both during the patient’s life and into bereavement. In this way, hospice care touches the lives of around one million people every year.