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Weʼve raised £1,028 to fund communication aids for children with learning disabilities.
- Leeds, UK
- Funded on Thursday, 31st May 2018
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Ellie and Leanne are taking on a 65 mile run to raise money to buy additional communication aids for the children at East SILC John Jamieson school. We'll be tackling the Isle of Wight Challenge over two days - on the 5th and 6th May 2018.
Many of us take it for granted that we can communicate using speech and language. We can make ourselves understood; we can have a conversation; we can tell someone about our day and ask for what we want and need.
Lots of children with learning disabilities are not able to use speech or their speech may be unclear. This makes it difficult for them to communicate and to be understood. Access to communication aids will help them to interact more effectively with those around them and ultimately allow them to gain greater independence and control over their own lives.
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- 6 years ago
Ellie & Leanne
6 years agoJust in case anyone didn't notice - we did it! We got round all 106km and we could even walk the next day! For the stats lovers, we came 8th and 9th out of the 98 women who completed, and 17th and 19th overall out of the 162 participants who finished the 2 day challenge. According to the results tables, there were 94 people in our challenge who didn't manage to finish, which gives an indication of how tough it was. We're delighted to have received so many generous donations - thanks for your support- it really helped to keep us going!
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- 6 years ago
Ellie & Leanne
6 years agoDay one done! Both still in one (big hurty) piece. Stay tuned for day two... Thanks for the latest donations. They're helping to get us through!
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- 6 years ago
Ellie & Leanne
6 years agoWe've just done our final lap of the school and picked up this brilliant support banner, made by one of our high school classes. Primary, High School and Post 16 have also filled envelopes with messages of support... We'll be opening them as we run around the route to help keep us going. Thank you so much to everyone who has donated We've had some amazing donations on here, plus another £350 in offline donations which will all go towards helping the young people at John Jamieson to communicate.
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61
Natalie Milne
May 11, 2018
Smashed it!! Ur an ultra runner now!! Ur four legged running pal misses u! Nat & Rick xx
£20.00
Bob Calvert
May 11, 2018
Last push over the line
£10.00
Rachael Newton
May 10, 2018
what an amazing achievement!! well done :D enjoy your continued running adventures!
£20.00
Andy Rosser
May 9, 2018
Well done
£30.00
James Cresswell
May 9, 2018
Ridiculous thing to be doing but well done!
£20.00
Christopher Lewis
May 8, 2018
Good work. Well done!
£10.00
Kate Blamires
May 8, 2018
Well done!!
£15.00
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Ellie & Leanne
Leeds, UK
Ellie and Leanne are Speech and Language Therapists who are running to improve the lives of children with learning disabilities. It's what we do?