I'm taking on the Aspire Channel Swim 2016, swimming the distance of the Channel over 12 weeks to raise money for Aspire. Every eight hours someone is paralysed by a Spinal Cord Injury and Aspire provides the essential equipment, advice, housing and grants that spinal cord injured people need to live their lives independently. This is a big challenge, but the more I raise, the more of a difference I'll make, so please be generous!

I have been diagnosed with Rhumatiod Arthritis for nearly 7 years which has seen me go from fairly active to needing a walking stick to walk and taking many meds to control it.

This year I decided it was time to start moving one way or the other, all exercise has elements of pain and discomfort for me but I'm fed up of being ruled by an invisible illness and wish to do something for others to help them live a more normal live.

So please help me on my quest to raise money for this worthy cause xx