Welcome to the JustGiving page for the return of the Longton And District Strollers (L.A.D.S.) Walmer Bridge Football Club annual charity 20 mile/20 pub walk, this year in aid of the football club and Angelmans UK.

This is the clubs 8th annual charity walk and, as always, we aim to raise as much money as possible for the club, as well as this year supporting a current member of the club's daughter who has recently been diagnosed with a rare genetic brain condition called Anglemans symdrone.

The L.A.D.S. 20/20 Walk is our annual fun day out raising funds for worthwhile causes, using local hostelries as landmarks, and either nipping in for a drink along the way, or not. A great opportunity to meet people and see old faces; it's a series of short, mainly cross-country strolls between pubs, coinciding with Longton Live at night, where the wearing of the Walk t-shirt gains free admittance to all venues.

Walmer Bridge Football Club has a long a proud tradition of supporting and fundraising for the local community.

It has for many years seen many young children and adults come through it’s system as a football club and at present has a number of youth and adult teams competing in various leagues and cup competitions.

The club was founded in 1921 and has a proud history of competing at various levels in local league and cup competitions, as well as helping out in the local community, but unfortunately relies heavily on external fundraising ventures such as this for it's survival. The purpose of the charity walk is not only to generate funds for both charities, but to enable the local, and wider, community to help maintain the existence of the club, bring awareness to new recruits, and help such a worthwhile charitable cause..

Below is a short passage from Effie's father:

My name's Dave Warren. I first came to Walmer Bridge Football Club 20 years ago and, although only playing a handful of times over the last few years, the club continues to be a huge part of my life.

The experiences that the club has given me, both good and bad, have helped shaped the person I am today; friendships have been made here for life, and the club has been a great source of support and escape during challenging times.

In summer 2020 our eighteen month old daughter had not met certain milestones for her age. Her Paediatrician organised a brain and spine MRI scan and took blood samples finally diagnosing Angelmans Syndrome . A rare genetic neurological syndrome and a new reality for us all.

Our wonderful, happy daughter displays the majority of the characteristics of the Syndrome described here.

Her blonde hair and blue eyes and her happy and excitable way are also features of the ‘whats what of AS’. She won’t grow out of this, there’s a gap between her and her peers now, and as she gets older this gap will just get bigger.

Having said all that she is so much more than this complex syndrome. She’s so loving and affectionate, dishing out the tightest and best cuddles at every opportunity. She’s cheeky and silly and her personality shines through. She can be stubborn, she has daily exercises and therapies, some days these go to plan and some days we just have draw a line under and start again the next day.

She, however, is not fond of sleep. Children with Angelman syndrome have difficulty sleeping and generally need less sleep than others.

So much specialist equipment is needed to support Effie including wheel chairs, specialist seizure monitoring equipment , extra devices including specialist physio , Podd communication to name a few.

We kindly ask that you join this charity event and help raise as much as possible for both charities.

Please either donate here, or, make a special effort and print off the Sponsorship form below, and help raise as much money as you can for our two worthy

Your help is most greatly appreciated.