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Weʼre raising £1,000 to to help towards the cost of an all terrain wheelchair
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I am trying to help towards raising the £3000 needed for Emily's family to buy a special wheelchair so she can be more comfortable after one of her many seizures. Emily will be 12 years old later this year . A lifetime of seizures have left her in a wheelchair not able to feed herself or lead the life of other 12 year olds. This all terrain wheelchair will enable the family to visit places together - unfortunately the current wheelchair means that either Helen or James has to stay behind while the other goes with Emily's sister Bethan when they go on more varied terrain. After having a back operation I wanted to challenge myself and thought that attempting 94 miles on my bike would hopefully encourage people to donate to Emily's chair. Thankyou
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1 day agoCatherine Barnes
1 day agoTHANKYOU, THANKYOU, THANKYOU for all your huge generosity and kind words. I really appreciate it and know that Emily and her family do to...I am actually left speechless which is good as I've got no energy left! Somehow I managed to do it and some of it was very tough but all of your generous donations and Emily's lovely smile kept me going ....went a bit wrong so ended up doing 99.1 miles by the end....had to do a loop of the car park to make it to 100.
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- 2 days ago
Catherine Barnes
2 days agoWOW.....I am totally blown away by everyone's generosity....words really do not do it justice. THANKYOU.....Just got to keep my side of the bargain but I have got a secret weapon and stuck a lovely photo of Emily on my handlebars to scream at me when I feel like stopping!!!
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- 8 days ago
Catherine Barnes
8 days agoOops....not 94 miles, 97 miles...and that's before I get lost...very scared now but all of your very generous donations will definitely be a huge huge incentive to keep going. THANKYOU.xx
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Karen Spencer
Aug 16, 2018
Thank you for helping my friends Helen & James raise funds for Emily’s new wheelchair x
£10.00
Charley Davis
Aug 16, 2018
Awesome achievement. And a fantastic cause.
£10.00
Flo
Aug 16, 2018
Well done Barnesy! And you can still walk today which I find Astonishing! :-)
£10.00
Anonymous
Aug 16, 2018
Brilliant effort for a worthy cause.
£50.00
Kay Sparkes
Aug 16, 2018
Fantastic Effort for a great cause. lets try and get the rest of the funds for you tremendous efforts. :)
£30.00
Sinead
Aug 16, 2018
Well done Barnsey. Xx
£10.00
Bloor family
Aug 16, 2018
Well done!
£68.00
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