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raised of £1,000 target by 26 supporters

    Weʼve raised £520 to Help Strong Grandpa complete a backyard triathlon to help increase awareness for men's health and mental well being

    Funded on Tuesday, 25th August 2020

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    Age is not a barrier. Grow Stronger...Live Longer!

    On Saturday May 2nd 2020 it is my granddaughter, Margo's 1st birthday. 1.5 years ago when I heard I was going to become a grandfather and turn 50, I took a critical look at myself. I had become overweight and out of shape. Margo, became the inspiration to turn my life around and this is how Strong Grandpa was born.

    Unfortunately, because of covid19, we will not be able to celebrate her birthday together. In instead of moping around I'm going to do something positive. I will attempt my first ever triathlon by using my back garden to do a 1km swim (to represent Margos age) in the kids pool , followed by 100km ride on the exercise bike (to celebrate Captain Toms 100th birthday and raising over £20m for the NHS) and finishing with a 21km Half marathon run in the garden.

    We are doing this to raise needed funds for our Strong Grandpa group. Strong Grandpa is a community group run by volunteers located in Basingstoke UK and everything has been self funded. Started in 2018 we run weekly get togethers to inspire and motivate men over the age of 50 to make positive change in their life through exercise and movement. Strong Grandpa is a member of the Hampshire County Councils Men's Activity Network with a focus on getting men together in communities to participate in fun activities to improve both physical and mental strength. Men's suicide continues to be an alarmingly high cause of death in men. 75% of all suicides are men. In this current coronavirus environment with financial burdens increasing at an alarming rate Strong Grandpa wants to reach out to men to encourage and extol the virtues of movement and self awareness to maintain good mental health and to belong to a likeminded community. Strong Grandpa is active on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter and our web site is here - Strong Grandpa.com

    Funds will help to maintain and expand our free Wednesday evening exercise groups, set up free exercise and training videos, marketing and distribution of those free videos and help purchase much needed equipment. Thank you for your help.

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      26

      • Dwayne

        Dwayne

        May 3, 2020

        Well done Shane

      • Joe

        Joe

        May 3, 2020

        Well done Shane, you are an inspiration mate 👍👍

        £30.00

      • Kevin Jelley

        Kevin Jelley

        May 2, 2020

        Well Done Shane - great job - I hope that the pool wasn't too icy this morning ??

        £20.00

      • Bill & Dee

        Bill & Dee

        May 2, 2020

        G'day mate! Great job!

        £20.00

      • Anonymous

        Anonymous

        May 2, 2020

        Well done Shane Great idea Happy Birthday Margo Love Anna xx

        £20.00

      • Stacey, Terry and the kids

        Stacey, Terry and the kids

        May 2, 2020

        £10.00

      • Pommy

        Pommy

        May 2, 2020

        Great work for great cause

        £60.00

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      shane jones

      shane jones

      Aussie Grandpa Shane Jones started the Strong Grandpa community in Basingstoke in 2018 to inspire men over the age of 50 to get moving. Losing weight was the initial goal but that has led to new goals such as my first Half marathon in 2020.

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