I would just like to say a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to everybody who has supported, sponsored and helped me over the last few months.

The London Marathon is an amazing experience and I can really recommend it! It is defiantly one of the best things I have ever done!

Unfortunately the hot weather put an end to my aim of 4 hours and I eventually finished in 4 hours, 41 minutes and 7 seconds (congratulation to Suzie whose time was the closest in the sweepstake)

Hopefully by the time I have collected all the money (I’ll be round collecting in the next few weeks so please have your money ready) I will have raised at least £1,500 for Sense and the charity will have raised over £1,000,000 which will really help those people suffering in the UK from Deaf Blindness.

If you have yet to donate I am still taking donations up to July so please do if you can! Every little helps.

Little story that sums up the whole day and what it’s about -

On the way back to Wimbledon after the race I was sat with my family on the tube with our Sense T-Shirts on, a little boy of around 6-7 came up to me and said ‘Please have this £2 left of my spending money and give it to your charity’!!!

Thanks everybody!!!!!!!!!

Steve Morrisroe

Sense is the UK's largest organisation offering support to deafblind people and their families.

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So please dig deep and donate now................

Below are some of the people who have been helped by Fundraising, the more money I can raise the more people like those below can be helped.

 

Edna lives on her own and is fiercely independent. For many years she worked as a doctor’s receptionist. Since her sight and hearing have deteriorated she has found it more and more difficult to cope. She spent a lot of time on her own at home but maintains a very positive outlook on life. She is determined to stay in her own home and keep her independence but become increasingly frustrated with tasks that she was no longer able to do easily. In 2004, Edna was referred to Sense and since January 2005 she has had someone visiting her once a week. The activities she does with this support include shopping trips, sorting the correspondence and chatting over a cup of coffee.

 

 

Mary is 77 and lost her sight about ten years ago and has lost eighty per cent of her hearing. She uses a communicator guide twice a week. That person acts as her eyes and ears telling her about her surroundings and helping her to communicate. They take her shopping, read the local newspaper to her and fill in forms. She used to read a lot before losing her sight but has always loved knitting and continues to make blankets for people in the developing world. She learnt braille when she was well into her 60s and she says it was quite a challenge but was determined to achieve it. Mary would advise anyone who is over 60 to get help and to contact Sense.