<p>Ashmount School in Loughborough caters for children with a variety of special needs and disabilities. The school was recently graded "Outstanding" by Ofsted and the staff there do an amazing job.&nbsp;Our son, Harry, who has autism,&nbsp;started at Ashmount in 2009 and has thrived there due to the dedicated staff and&nbsp;opportunities made available to him. However, such&nbsp;opportunities - and the equipment needed to cater for children with such wide-ranging special needs - cost money, so the Friends of Ashmount group was set up last year, to raise funds to supplement the school's&nbsp;usual budget. I recently became a parent governor of Ashmount and want to do my bit to support the school.</p> <p>During 2011, I will be covering a distance&nbsp;equivalent to Lands End to John&nbsp;O'Groats and back again!! To achieve this I will be running 874 miles and rowing 1,406,566 metres!</p> <p>I hope you will support my cause and help to raise funds for the pupils of Ashmount School.</p> <p>To find out more about the school, please visit:-</p> <p><a href="http://www.ashmount.leics.sch.uk/">http://www.ashmount.leics.sch.uk/</a></p> <p>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.</p>