At the end of October I'll be turning 30!?!

A milestone!

But a milestone I'll see without my twinling Pete 💔

Pete Felton was a 27 year old musician from the West Midlands: he was a below the knee amputee, had beaten addiction and cancer twice, and was a rare inspirational spirit. 3 weeks after marrying the love of his life he was given a terminal cancer diagnosis and in February 2020 he lost his fight.

I miss him every moment of every day!

In order to honour Pete as I meet this milestone, I'm going to run 100 miles throughout October to raise money for two fantastic charities: Young Lives vs Cancer and The New Normal.

Since Pete passed away Hollie and myself have found amazing support from the charity The New Normal and their free peer to peer grief and mental health support meetings. Peer support is a format that The New Normal Charity has proudly adopted from its inception in May 2018. They feel that it can be incredibly healing to talk to others with similar life experiences. TNN holds 20+ face to face and virtual meetings a month and have grown to include dedicated meetings for different identities and experiences such as: the LGBTQ+ and Black and Brown communities, students, complicated grief, lockdown loss, and partner loss, as well as mental health spaces Boys Talk, Girls Talk and a new Peer Support Run Club.H

Hollie credits them to saving her life and I will be forever grateful for this and all the support and friends I have made within this charity!

My overall fundraising target is £1992 a steep ask I know but it honours the year we were born so I can not think of a better target when turning 30!

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

As I'm fundraising for two charities please choose the link for which charity you'd like to donate to, however if possible I'd like the split to be as near 50:50 as can be.

Thank you so much 🥰