Cory Mellor
Corys marathon
Fundraising for The Believe and Achieve Trust
Story
The believe and achieve trust is an amazing charity in Tameside that benefits so many young people by aiding them in sport activities. They host family fun days for children with disabilities to be able to get involved in sport without the concern or worry of feeling self conscious and meet people who are in similar positions as them.
Working along side the believe and achieve trust the past year really opened my eyes to some amazing people in the community who pull together and support each other. The people who run this charity changed my outlook on a lot of things and I’m proud to run this marathon for them.
Please sponsor me as I run 26.5 miles for the believe and achieve trust.
More about the believe and achieve trust here;
Our inspiration
The Believe and Achieve Trust was set up to continue the work of the most inspirational young man, Alex Williams.
Let us tell you more…
When Alex was seven he contracted meningitis and ended up on life support, fighting for his life. He survived but his life changed forever. He ended up in a wheelchair with lots of after effects, but it didn’t stop Alex from doing what he set his mind to.
Alex spent three nights a week volunteering for a disabled dance group and was a sports ambassador for Tameside. He was also the Meningitis Trust’s first ever Young Ambassador and was passionate about making everyone aware of the symptoms of meningitis, spending every weekend giving out awareness cards.
Alex won lots of awards and regularly appeared in the media. He proudly carried the Olympic torch, the only person nominated more than once… in fact he was nominated 24 times! Alex then spent a whole month going to schools in Tameside talking to the children about his motto, “believe and achieve”. He really believed that if you put your mind to it, you could achieve anything! The children in the school loved it.
In August 2012, Alex had a stroke as a direct result of the after-effects of meningitis and passed away. Our devastation made us realise the only way forward was to carry on his work, raising awareness of meningitis and support other young people like Alex whose lives have been affected by this disease or who were coping with challenges in their lives.
The Believe and Achieve Trust was born in 2014 and, with Alex as our inspiration and your help, we continue to make a difference to people’s lives.
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