My story

Thankyou for visiting my JustGiving page, set up in aid of The PACE Centre, a rehabilitation centre that works regularly with children with motor disabilities like my daughter Isobel's (www.thepacecentre.org) 

At 11 1/2 months old, Isobel Mostyn-Thomas was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The brain damage she sustained at birth and symptomatic epilepsy mean that she also has global developmental delay. 

Since December 2010 Isobel has been attending PACE in Aylesbury for rehabilitation exercises - where she has made astonishing progress, including taking her first steps. She has since worked the circumference of an entire room with just one person supporting her and no facilitation whatsoever of her legs. 

This year, she and her father Miles are both tackling challenges in aid of PACE. 

Isobel is one of 100 children taking part in their Children's Challenge event at Stoke Mandeville Stadium - birthplace of the Paralympics - on 24th May 2012, where she has been assigned an Olympic-style rowing challenge. This asks far more of Isobel than you'd think. For more details, please see www.themostynthomasjournal.com 

This is part of PACE's 2012 Gold Challenge, which aims to raise £100,000 - 50% of the total annual funding for their Early Years services, which Isobel currently uses. For more info about the Gold Challenge, see www.challengetime.org

Meanwhile, Miles is joining PACE founder and erstwhile director Heather Last and 20 other people on a 21-mile walk along the Chiltern Ridgeway on 12th May 2012 to celebrate PACE's 21st anniversary. Together they aim to raise £21,000 towards the costs of setting up a new PACE centre just up the road from where we live - Wendover. 

Looking at images of the Ridgeway on the web you'd be fooled into thinking it is an easy stroll through the countryside. Although it affords plenty of stunning panoramic views along the way, it is a strenuous, undulating route that dips in and out of valleys and cuts through beech woodland.

Miles is well-equipped to tackle the Ridgeway. He has run six marathons in his life - five of which he won - and took part in the Square Mile Run 2000 for Crisis. 

Please sponsor Isobel and Miles in their 2012 Challenges today. You'd be helping us reach our personal target of £10,000, part of an on-going campaign to ensure a funded place for our little girl year on year.

Donating through JustGiving is the simplest, most secure and most efficient way to help us fundraise. PACE will receive your money much faster, and if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% will be added to your donation at no cost to you. Your details are safe – JustGiving will never sell them on or send unwanted emails.

But if you'd rather post a cheque, ask me for my address and other details at themostynthomasjournal@gmail.com 

And to keep up-to-date on progress, you can:

* subscribe to the blog (click on 'fundraising' in the tag cloud)

* 'like' us on Facebook 

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Just uploaded a video of Isobel in training for the Children's Challenge next week - see 'videos' on this page. She is working so hard! More to come soon.

18/05/12 12:27

Miles did his Chiltern Ridgeway walk last weekend, and says it's the best thing he's ever done. More importantly, he is just £125 shy of the £1K target set for the event - keep the dosh coming! Info: http://themostynthomasjournal.com/2012/05/14/the-ridgeway-walk-pictures/

14/05/12 23:39

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Best of luck.

Donation by Anonymous on 14/05/13

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Catherine Drake on 04/11/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck for Thursday, Isobel! Lots of love from Caroline, Jono & Charlie X

Donation by Caroline on 22/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck on thursday Isobel, first gold for team GB?

Donation by Andy, Gaia, Francesca & Isabella on 22/05/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Joanne Hawes on 22/05/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Good Luck for your fundraising event on Thursday Isobel.lots of love to you brave princess from Jo, Dean and Ruben xxx

Donation by Joanna Hotson on 21/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck. You are doing an excellent job. Truly inspirational!

Donation by Darryl Bedford on 17/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 17/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Much love to you and your amazing family. I have the utmost respect for everything you guys do. Love to Issy and Ben. x

Donation by Caroline O'Neill on 16/05/12

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You are an amazing family and you are an incredible father and an inspiration to me. iza x

Donation by Izabela Luczak-Wisniewska on 15/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Hope PACE can keep up the good work with Issy

Donation by Anonymous on 14/05/12

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Good luck with your fundraising. Keep up with the blogs too. And all the very best to Isobel & Miles

Donation by Michael Q & Lesley McG on 11/05/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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I'm very happy to donate to such a great cause and I know Miles will give 100% and do the walk in a good time! GOOD LUCK MILES!

Donation by COLIN REDWOOD on 11/05/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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A very good cause. Good luck and all the best

Donation by patrick wright on 10/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck and lots of love to you all, xxx

Donation by Ali on 08/05/12

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All the very best! xx

Donation by Laraine Callow on 04/05/12

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Hope you manage to raise the money quickly. Good Luck!

Donation by Ursula Hulme on 04/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Go Isobel! Love from Hearn Family x

Donation by Jo Hearn on 02/04/12

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lots of love to the beautiful Izzy. Truly inspiring x x

Donation by Mary Mcfeeley on 26/03/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Always amazed to see Isabel's progress! :-) go izzy goo!

Donation by karthik vijayanandam on 06/03/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

PACE are so fantastic with Isobel - I hope she can continue to receive their wonderful input.

Donation by Annette Mostyn on 01/12/11

You are all a huge inspiration to me. I hope that you'll be able to raise the total amount in no time! x

Donation by Dan Birtles on 07/10/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 01/09/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Melissa, you and your family are a huge inspiration. Wishing you all good things for the future. With much love and respect x

Donation by Mariella Reina on 15/08/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Donation by Anonymous on 15/08/11

£50.00

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$3,128.55
  • Offline donations$736.58
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$3,865.13
  • Gift Aid$763.15

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