Hey guys thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

For those of you who don't already know, Eva Women's Aid is a charity supporting women and children fleeing domestic abuse and sexual violence. Their aim is to provide a range of free, confidential and non-judgemental specialist support services for women and children who have, at some point in their lives been affected by domestic abuse and/or sexual violence.

I attended and completed a 12 week course at the Tees Valley Women's Centre and during this time I was able to gain knowledge around domestic violence as well as sharing my story and listening to the complications the other lady's in the group have faced. The programme requires a commitment and willingness to step outside of our emotional comfort zone, in order to make positive personal progress. It is based on the beliefs that “The past predicts the future, unless we do something different to change it”, and “the more we are personally willing to put in, the more we will get out of the programme”.

The reason for my fundraising page is due to the Covid-19 pandemic having a devastating effect on charities, with the cancellation of thousands of events and the loss of billions in fundraising income.

In response, the organisers of the biggest mass-participation sports events across the country have come together to create a new campaign to raise vital funds to help to save the UK’s charities.

The 2.6 Challenge will launch on Sunday 26 April – what should have been the date of the 40th London Marathon, the world’s biggest one-day annual fundraising event.

So to raise money for this amazing charity I propose to go LIVE on Facebook for 26 minutes to have 26 water balloons filled with cold water thrown at me adhering to the Government Guidelines of 2 meter social distancing. 

Please donate whatever you can afford; thank you and stay safe