1 in 5 of us will have a lung condition during our lifetime. There's a new diagnosis every minute. I'm running The London Marathon for Asthma + Lung UK. They’re the only UK charity that fights for everyone’s right to breathe. Every pound I'm able to raise will take us a step closer to a world where everyone has healthy lungs. Just £22 allows one of Asthma + Lung UK’s nurses to answer a call on the Helpline, offering potentially lifesaving advice. I'd be very grateful for any donations you could make! 

I’ve specialised in the respiratory field of nursing within General Practice and Primary Care since 1996 and Asthma + Lung UK has been my “go to” charity for advice & information for patients, their families, teachers and employers. I use links to their website almost every day at work in order to signpost my patients to vital information on how to manage their lung condition effectively. As a nurse there is nothing more rewarding than reviewing a patient who feeds back that they have never felt better and that the care provided has been “life-changing”. To this end I would like to give something back to this excellent charity by fulfilling my “bucket list” ambition of running the London Marathon, having a wonderful day returning to my home town, and improving my own lung health in the process. 

So please copy this url 

www.justgiving.com/LauraWelch9

and put a reminder in your diary for your next pay day and sponsor me. I’d love it if you could sponsor me a pound a mile, that’s £26 for pounding the streets of the old smoke. But if it’s less (or more), that’s all good too. 

Thank you, I won’t let you down, Lol/Lolly/Laura xxx