My name is Joshua Penrose and I am currently aiming to raise as much money as possible for four great charities Dove House Hospice, Stroke Association UK, British Lung Foundation & Alzheimer’s UK.

I am doing this to honour the memory of my Grandad John who sadly passed August 11th 2019.

Please read Johns Story & see why I challenged myself in each month of 2020 through various activities and fundraisers which raised £6,600 for the organisations which helped him and many others.

Johns Story:

John was born 13th February 1944 in Hull and spent most of his early years in the local fishing industry until he suffered a traumatic injury to his arm, with doctors believing he would lose all the ability to use it. Despite this he did not let this hold him back and went on to work as a welder, driver, site manager and a football league referee, fitness fanatic running marathons for fun, all this coinciding with raising 2 children & being a devoted husband, proving what a fighter he was.

In May 2012 he suffered a huge Stroke & we was not sure if he would make it. Fortunately he did & carried on, albeit limited but happy.

Four years later In 2016 he was diagnosed with Fibrosis a condition affecting the Lungs which eventually took him from us In 2019.

In April 2017 he was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia a condition derived from his previous stroke and one of the most common types that affects 150,000 people per year!

(Celebrating his & my nannas 50th wedsing anniversary)

Then in August 2019 when his conditions finally got the better of him, he was taken to Dove House Hospice where he spent the last 2 weeks of his life with the best 24hr care & his family by his side until his final day where he died with dignity & respect.

Through all this he received so much support from these organisations which improved his life & the quality of it. Unfortunately, most of these, rely heavily on Donations to give excellent research & provide vital services for end of life care which otherwise wouldn’t exist!

So this is why I created #DoItForJohn In honour of him & the many others who live with these conditions.

Across 2020 i completed one challenge per month, with the money raised split evenly between Dove House Hospice, Stroke Association, Alzheimer’s U.K. & British Lung Foundation; raising a huge £6,600 (£1,600 per charity) 💙

(Yorkshire 3 Peaks, June 2020)

(Humber to Hornsea bike ride Sept 2020)

(Charity Shop Volunteering, Feb 2020)

As last year was so successful, this year I’ve enlisted a few friends to help me with a few more challenges to try raise some more 🙌🏼

As before, I will be updating the page with the progress, donations, videos, pictures & posts to show our journey, let’s raise as much as we can...

(2020 Funds raised)

We will #DoItForJohn Again....👊🏻😅

Please donate kindly & follow the journey on the Social media & Fundraising Pages below;

Facebook: DoItForJohnChallenge

Twitter: DoItFor_John

Instagram: doitfor_john

E-Mail: DoItForJohn@outlook.com

:#DoItForJohn #DementiaUK #StrokeAssociation #DoveHouseHospice #BritishLungFoundation #WithALittleHelp

*Links & information to the sites

https://www.stroke.org.uk

https://www.blf.org.uk

https://www.dementiauk.org

https://www.dovehouse.org.uk