12th September

Update: 16th Sept

I’ve been overwhelmed by people’s genorosity and kind comments. Thank you all so much from all of us at Minds and Voices 🙏

So only 2 more sleeps to go before the big day.....havn’t told my feet yet what they’re heading for...🙄 I’ve been overwhelmed by the response and all my playmates at Minds and Voices will too, thank you.

Update: September 2020

So back in March I started this fundraising page with the aim of doing a Tandem Paraglide over Derwentwater in Keswick in April, raising money to keep my support group, Minds and Voices, going……then the world stopped going round…..

Well on Sunday someone donated £50 anonymously on my site which reminded me it existed!🙄…..so to them a HUGE thank you.

Obviously Covid is going to be with us for the foreseeable future and I’m very conscious that people have already donated and I havn’t done anything 🙈…so that got me thinking…what can I do that doesn’t involve me being strapped to comeone else…..?

Well…….and this might not sound a challenge to many, but to me it’s enormous

On Monday I’m going to try and WALK THE 10 MILES AROUND DERWENTWATER!!! - the Tandem Paraglide will have to wait.....

I realise this might not sound much of a challenge to some, but for me it’s now like running a marathon......so I hope those who have already donated forgive me for changing my plans....but we still need funds as not everyone has the means to join us elctronically each week.....and eventually we WILL meet again........

MARCH 2020

No one should be alone with dementia and here at Minds and Voices, we have a safe, non judgemental place, to be happy or sad, to laugh or cry and simply be us.

I have Young Onset Dementia and every year I like a special adventure challenge to raise money for something close to my heart……after all, who knows when it might be my last year of being capable!......

So last year I jumped out of an aeroplane in a tandem skydive which was truly wonderful, but this year I have a very special reason to raise money so wanted a very special adventure…

My support group York Minds and Voices, is running out of funds. As one of my playmates said “It gave her back her life”. So what better group to raise money for this year than the very one that started it all off for me.

So what am I going to do……..well my favourite place on earth is Keswick in the Lake District. I call it my Paradise….so this year I going to ’FLY OVER PARADISE’ in a tandem paraglide…..flying over my paradise of Derwentwater, shown in the photo…..I can’t wait.

I know times are hard but if you can afford anything, even a pound will soon add up. We need funds to pay for taxis to pick up and collect playmates, we need funds simply to exist. We always have a lunch at our monthly meetings and love to get out and about but it all costs money and we’re running out!

So please, if you’re able please support me ….every pound counts…….thank you…….