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Closed 10/08/2017
Iʼve raised £245 to Buy a Reliant Robin To do a charity drive for IPF from John O Groats to Lands End taking in the Humber Bridge as in Only Fools and Horses.
- North Lincolnshire
- Funded on Thursday, 10th August 2017
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Having had a Lung transplant 3 years ago my aim is to raise awareness of Ideopathic pulmonary fibrosis along with the need for organ donors. At the age of 50 I was diagnosed with this condition just as I was training to become a nurse. Suffering with colitis as a 14 year old then having the colon and large colon taken out aged 39, I never for one moment thought I would suffer anything major again in my life..How wrong, IPF kills fast, most people die as there is no cure. You may think I was lucky having the transplant, Yes I was, there were only 33 lung transplants at the Freeman hospital in Newcastle last year, There are only 5 hospitals that do lung transplants.
There is a shortage of donor's let alone awareness of IPF. The average lifespan of a transplanted lung is 5 years.
I did become a nurse and was luck my body held out for a year. I had the transplant in March 14 returning to work on the wards in the July. I picked up every bug going so switched to community nursing. Still picked up bugs so along with my manager it was decided that I should retire on medical grounds.
I still finding this hard. However, last March a bunch of my friends and I did a charity ride on mopeds 171 miles coast to coast raising over £2500 for the pulmonary trust at Castle hill Hospital in Hull, Since ten I have learned that there is a vast shortage of donors .
The aim is to raise awareness of the need for donors and an insight into the killer that is IPF. The van will be done up with logos supporting and highlighting the cause. I hope to be able to get other IPF support groups involved in some way. This time I need to get the car first so I am asking for you help.
This is just the first step to next years event I really do hope we can get it to go national. If you need more information on IPF you can contact the British Lung Foundation Site. Be aware it is scary stuff. I am also free to talk about living with this condition along with my
transplant Thank,s
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- 7 years ago
Shaun Winter
7 years agoThanks for all your support. This will go a long way into getting a robin sign written and on the road to promote the need for organ donors and raise awareness of IPF. ONLY FOOLS drive will be next year. Hope to go national. This time next year lets raise a MILLION . If you have any ideas on where to park the Robin to gain attention message me. Lets find a cure. THANKS A MILLION TO YOU ALL Shaun x
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- 7 years ago
Shaun Winter
7 years agoI have located 2 Reliant's to look at one is in Stoke on trent, the other in Essex. We have a few days to go to reach the target. Please help the more funds we have the better the car we can get. Best bing on the road with not too much work to do other than getting the sign's on it. The promotion work can then start. £700 will get us a car that is a runner. Please give and share. We need the message to get out and about on this killer IPF
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- 7 years ago
Shaun Winter
7 years agoFund is starting to grow. There are a few Robins about that will meet our needs for the main event. Next summers drive. The team need to have a Robin asap for promotional work along with any work needed on the car. Any one interested in joining the team please contact me. Need this Event to be Big.. Our last Event, Coast 2 Coast on Mopeds and old bikes raise near to £3000. We would like the new event to be national. IPF and PF can hit anyone of us resulting in early death,,,,A cure would be nice
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Lynn Drury
Aug 10, 2017
Well done Hun you're doing a great job xx
£10.00
Anonymous
Aug 8, 2017
Tremendous plan Shaun, good luck
£30.00
Anonymous
Aug 8, 2017
good luck!
Murray Allan
Aug 7, 2017
Good luck with your project
£10.00
Hazel
Aug 7, 2017
Good luck
£50.00
Emma-Jane Taylor
Aug 3, 2017
Good Luck Shaun from me & Katy :-)
£5.00
Pete Fletcher
Jul 19, 2017
£10.00
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Shaun Winter
North Lincolnshire
I have had a Lung transplant 3 years ago. With my life prolonged I want to raise the profile of this killer. Most folks die within 3 years of being diagnosed. Average life span of a transplanted lung is 5 years.