Thank you for deciding to buy tickets for this amazing raffle. All of these incredible  prizes have been donated thanks to the generosity of businesses small & large, so absolutely all proceeds from ticket sales go direct to the Spinal Injury Association.  

Tickets are £10 each. To purchase a ticket or tickets, please donate on this page. Do ensure that when you donate, you leave your name and email address (or Instagram name/handle if you prefer) in the message box, so that we can contact you if you are the lucky winner of this incredible prize! Do not tick the ‘hide message’ or we will be unable to contact you. 

Many of you will already know my story. In 2009 I fell down the stairs & broke my neck incurring C 4/5 life changing spinal cord injury. One minute I was a super busy full time teacher, juggling 2 small children with a husband away in Afghanistan, the next I was paralysed from the neck down & fighting for my life. At the time my children George & Sadie were aged 3 & 5. My husband, an Army officer became full time dad whilst I remained in hospital for 6 months, & eventually when I left rehab in a wheelchair beginning my battle to walk again, he was also my part time carer. 

 Even for those of us fortunate enough to walk again, the complexities of SCI mean that life will never be the same again. Reduced lung function, altered sensation from the neck down (each day I have to be careful not to burn or cut myself badly without realising), low blood pressure, bladder & bowel complications, reduced kidney function, delayed healing, neuropathic pain, a fear of water (its touch hurts!), the body's inability to moderate its temperature & the risk of autonomic dysreflexia, are just some of the symptoms which I live with each day. Regular check ups, hospital appointments with various specialists, & balancing medication,  are a way of life for people with SCI.

Each year as a family we try to raise money to help other families like us, whose lives are turned upside down as a result of SCI. Your money will help support a community of people who are being challenged more than ever because of Covid 19. Many whom have been forced to shield, cut short their rehabilitation or whom simply can’t access their usual much needed appointments during the pandemic. Thank you for supporting this critical charity & please share this campaign far & wide to help us to reach as many people as possible , in a year when your support is more needed than ever before. 

Jacqui, Alan, George & Sadie X