My Husband and I will be streaming Dark Souls 3 Live for 24 hours in order to raise money for Parkinsons UK.

We will be live from 2.30pm Saturday 17th December through to 2.30pm Sunday 18th Decemeber at www.twitch.tv/thegoldenrant  

My Dad, Derek, was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease when he was only a mere age of 55. He enjoyed the years before the condition affected him with spending quality time with family and friends with walking trips, skiing in the French Alps, cooking his famous hot curries, holidays abroad and many more. My Dad had a brilliant sense of humour, was strong willed and always had a good bill of health before the condition affected him thus taking away the person that all his family and friends all knew and loved.

Unfortunately when his condition became worse he was limited to how many things he could enjoy out of life, not being able to walk my sisters and I down the aisle on our wedding days, unable to attend Graduation days and missing out on certain special occasions as it became a strain on him physically that made him become fatigued and was limiting with mobility. Medications would help to slow down the process so he could enjoy the time he had but could not cure what had taken a hold on the rest of his life.

When his condition started to affect his everyday life from needing to use a walking aid, having meals on wheels, having carers for his activities of daily living - my Dad would never complain (although he was stubborn and would never admit it) and lived his life to the best of his ability that his body would allow him to. He eventually became too unwell so was taken great care of in a nursing home for a period of time but sadly deteriorated after developing an infection later on this year (2016) where my family and I sat with him for many hours and days until he passed away on the 25th October 2016.

Parkinson's Disease is a progressive neurological condition that causes a chemical dopamine produced in the brain to slow down movement by the loss of nerve cells. One person in every 500 have Parkinson's which is around 127,000 people in the UK.

Please donate anything you can to help those who have also been affected like my Dad so new research can be funded and in helping to find a cure one day in the future. It really means the world to me, my sisters and all our family to know there is support - thank you for your generosity and taking your time to donate.

All donations will go straight through to Parkinson's UK via this JustGiving page.