My challenges for 2017, so far, are:

• Virgin London Marathon - 23rd April (Sarah)
• Henley Classic - 25th June (Sarah)
• Channel Relay Swim - w/c 15th July, the actual date of the swim is dependant on the weather. (Sarah)
• The Reed London Kayakathon - 7th May (Carsten) (https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Carsten-Mieves)
• Thames Marathon - 14th Aug
• Other challenges may get added!

Why am I doing this and why Aspire?

For the last four years, my husband and I have been trying for a family.  Unfortunately, I have had 5 miscarriages and we have now decided to explore other options.

With this experience, you may wonder why I am not fundraising for miscarriage prevention.  My personal feeling is to focus on helping the living make the best of their lives rather than to have more children.  I am fundraising for Aspire.  ASPIRE provide practical help to people who have been paralysed by Spinal Cord Injury. 

Every 8 hours someone is paralysed through spinal cord injury. That's 3 people a day, 21 a week or over 1,000 people a year.

ASPIRE exists because there is currently no cure for spinal cord injury.

Through its projects and programmes, Aspire offers practical support to the 40,000 people living with a spinal cord injury in the UK so that they can lead fulfilled and independent lives in their homes, with their families, in work places and in leisure time.

Please help me reach my target to help ASPIRE help those 40,000 people.

Let's make it a chain of help from you and me to ASPIRE to people living with spinal cord injury; join the chain and make a difference. 

• Virgin London Marathon - 26.2 mile run around central London
• Henley Classic - 2.1 km swim up the river Thames, wearing a swimsuit, not a wetsuit.
• The Reed London Kayakathon - 26.2 mile sea kayak up and down the Thames in central London.
  
• Thames Marathon - 14k swim from Henley-on-Thames to Marlow.
• Channel Relay Swim - a relay swim across the channel, 1 hour swim, 5 hours on a small bobby boat, repeat until we get to France.
  

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.  Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.