As part of the current isolation period, the Groundwork DurhamWorks' team have set up a Health, Fitness and Happiness Group for all staff and clients to get involved in. 

Not to do things by halves, the group would like to put their efforts towards a good cause and have decides to increase the 2.6/26 challenge to a huge 260 mile challenge. The team will walk/run/cycle/skip their way along a combined 260 miles. Everyone will contribute at a level that they can manage and the team will keep track of all individual contributions until they hit the target of 260 miles throughout the month of May!

They are doing this in memory of a much loved friend and colleague, Alison Kirk.

Alison had a long and hard battled with Metastatic breast cancer, that has spread throughout her body. Her diagnoses was 1st May 2015, with a prognosis of only 6 months which she hid from everybody. She fought hard every single day, but never let the pain show to many people, she even kept working up until the end. 

On 30th April 2018 after nearly to the day, a 3 year long battle, exceeding the 6 months prognosis, she passed away extremely peacefully, she never gave up mentally but her body couldn’t take anymore. Still as she was slipping away from us she tried to make everybody else happy. She’s fought to long and had amazed doctors and specialist.

Alison was supported throughout her journey by Macmillan nurses and spoke highly of the support that she and her family were given throughout. After she passed away they were amazing with Allison's family, offering so much support and counselling. The Groundwork Youth Team are trying to raise as much money as possible to enable more people to be supported in the way Alison and her family were. 

Please if you can donate to such an amazing cause - every penny is truly appreciated and goes a long long way.

Much appreciated :)