<p><span style="color: #000000;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I am swimming to raise funds for Aspire (www.aspire.org.uk)</span>, a national charity which provides practical help to people who have a spinal cord injury.</p> <p>Did you know that every eight hours someone in the UK is paralysed by a spinal cord injury? Disability is expensive; lightweight wheel chairs can cost up to &pound;4,000 - a lot of money to say the least. Aspire helps build lightweight wheelchairs so that people may live more independent lives.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;">Aspire also visit newly injured patients to offer support and advice over a cup of tea and point people to services such as Aspire Housing. Think about your home; could you go back to it if you were suddenly paralysed? I certainly couldn&rsquo;t. Aspire provides temporary accessible housing whilst adaptions are being made or a new house is being organised, which is one less thing to worry about.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;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&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p> <p>Having ridden and been active all my life, as many of us are, knowing that a fall or accident could happen money raised to support Aspire and their projects is the most wonderful way to help rebuild someone's life after a tragic accident.</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">So please dig deep, however little or large every penny will help me to reach my target of &pound;500 raised.</span></p> <p>Thank you.</p>