I am wanting a GoPro camera to make memories while I physically still can, before my chronic illnesses and disabilities leave me bedbound on a permanent basis. This would allow me to record many hours of memories that I can watch back. Even just a long drive down the coast is a memory and something I won't be able to see in person forever due to my health which gets worse and worse every month or two.

One day I will bedbound and I won't be getting up again and I want to make memories before then so I can watch them back and remember the good times. I want to record scenic drives and any in-person interaction such as a short walk to an overlook from a car etc. I want to record the beauty of the world before I can't get out anymore.

This is not a crowdfund for a camera. This is a crowdfund for the tool to record my trips and to make memories for when I am housebound permanently, which won't be that many years away as I can barely walk or stand more than a few minutes at a time due to the severity of my chronic illnesses. This is a tool to record things I could watch back for years to come.

I want to record all drives, all scenic stops, any (short) walks etc. I want to record it all and you can with a GoPro as you can just attach it to you or your car which you can't do with a regular camera. Plus the camera is cheap really when you look at the price of regular cameras and phones.

Nature and wildlife are my passions alongside travel and when I can no longer travel, I won't be able to see nature or wildlife anymore as I will be bedbound. I want to record long drives in beautiful places so I can look back on it.

A scenic drive down the coast, recorded in 1080p or 4k would look stunning and would bring back memories for me when I watch it back while bedbound. Those memories that would otherwise fade and be forgotten. I want to record everything outside to look back on it as I won't be able to go outside forever.

I want to record memories to look back on when I become bedbound again, but on a permanent basis. I just need money for the camera.

I don't have the income or money to get one myself as I live on a poverty income of a little over £350 a month total income, and cannot work due to severe chronic illnesses and disability. I can't afford to get by let alone a camera.

I have no relatives alive so don't get gifts for anything such as birthday or Christmas, so I could never get this myself. There is just me and I live on a poverty income.

I would prefer the GoPro 11, but raising for the GoPro 10 (as it is cheaper) and a mount = £300

About Me, My health & Income

I have been bedbound before but I use the strongest painkillers available for my severe chronic pain, to help me be able to get out of bed. These painkillers help less and less and the pain gets worse and worse.

Plus I have other chronic illnesses including chronic fatigue that leaves me severely fatigued constantly and it gets worse as time passes. This affects me a lot and I can barely get out of my seat without difficulty.

I can't walk very far at all nor stand more than a few minutes at a time. I spend all my time in bed or my chair.

My chronic illnesses are very severe and leave me disabled, unable to work at all. I have spent years trying to get more money but sadly I am unable to get anymore than I get which is a poverty amount of income.

I live on a little over £350 a month total income which is all I can get so I can't afford anything let alone a camera.

There is a detailed version at the bottom of this page as to why I can't get anymore money. This is for anyone wondering why. Short version is that I can't get a penny more due to not paying enough national insurance working part time instead of quitting work as a disabled person who couldn't work anymore. Instead I pushed myself for years and cried daily with the absolute agony it caused. Until I couldn't work anymore, but then I hadn't paid enough national insurance to get ESA. Working made me be unable to get more money!!

I am trying to do and see whatever I can while I still can, before it is too late. I want to make the memories now.

I am trying to travel as much as I can, mostly for free such as with housesitting or very cheap by working with companies, just so I can get out of the house and a change of scenery as well as to make memories for when I can't get out at all. I am blogging about this on my blog MyChronicTravel. I could post videos and photos to there too and make more content as well as make memories.

Detailed version into why I can't get more than £350 a month

Basically I can't get anymore than my £350 and change because I worked part time before I couldn't work anymore, meaning I didn't pay enough national insurance so I can't get ESA. I get credits only ESA which is the national insurance credits ONLY until I get 3 years of FULL NI credits, and then they will let me apply again for the money.

I worked full time for years but I couldn't do it anymore due to health deteriorating. Instead of quitting and applying for ESA, I got a part time job as I thought I will push myself to work and save the money for someone else who needs it. This was my mistake and this is why I can't get anymore money.

I should have just stopped working there, but as I worked part time for a more years I didn't pay enough NI so I can't get the money from ESA! Even though working even just part time, was utter torture and I cried every day with the absolute torture it caused me. I ended up not being able to make it to the bus stop so I had to quit working then as I couldn't walk much anymore.

If I hadn't worked part time I would be on ESA now, but as I worked part time instead, I didn't pay NI credits as I wasn't working enough hours, so I can't get ESA and instead live on a poverty income of PIP alone.

Working made me be unable to get more money!! If I hadn't worked part time, I would be fine. But working means I didn't pay enough national insurance and that is why I can't get more money. How ridiculous! It was torture to do it, but I thought I was doing right.

To make it worse, as I applied for ESA part way through a year, that year isn't counted as they only count FULL years April to April (the tax year). I could have paid about £800 to get the rest of that years NI credits, but I don't have the money. So that year isn't counted which is ridiculous.

I can't get UC because I can't afford rent anywhere on £350 a month, so I share a house with someone who lets me live here for paying the bills only. I don't pay rent so don't have a landlord nor a landlord agreement, and without proof you are renting, they think you are in a relationship and they take their income into account.

I have spoken to the DWP over 80 times, my MP over 20 times and parliament a total of 5 times now, as well as all the advice charities who just say the same. I can't get a penny more until I have enough full years NI credits to get ESA. So for at least another year or so, I am stuck on this £350 a month.

you can also donate monthly, although of course I wouldn’t expect that nor do I expect any donations, but appreciate them very much.

I’ll update the price if I find lower as well as add a itemised total to show the cost.

I would appreciate any support.

Thank you for reading and thanks so much if you support me.

If you wish to support me for food, bills and heating then you can donate via Ko-Fi. All money earned via Ko-Fi goes on food, bills and heating whereas this crowdfund is PURELY for the GoPro!

I haven't had any heat for 2 years and last year it really affected my health badly. So much so that the doctor warned me I could die.