The year 2025 is my 40th year!!

To mark this milestone, I’ll be taking on 40 Challenges!!

SOME EXCITING CHALLENGES IN FLIGHT:

4th December:

The Skipton Building Society 40 Prize Raffle

A spectacular 40-prize raffle with prizes including an Apple TV, Afternoon Tea for Two at Rudding Park, Bottomless Brunch, a Family Train Ride at Embsay Railway, and a Tasting Menu – Lunch for Two at the Michelin-starred Angel in Hetton, to name but a few...

November = MOVEMBER

A team of six lads will be joining forces with 40 Challenge Joe to grow the biggest collection of moustaches known to man!!

15th November:

LISSY – An Exclusive Pop-Up Restaurant with 40+ Covers

Created in loving memory of Larissa (“Lissy”), the event celebrates her spirit through creativity, food, and connection — raising funds for Leukaemia UK through The Larissa Foundation, a charitable fund set up in her memory!!

MY STORY:

In the summer of 2024, my family suffered the tragic and sudden loss of my beautiful niece, Larissa. She was just 10 years old.

Having shown no prior symptoms, Larissa contracted an acute form of leukaemia and, within days of falling ill, we had lost her. It was a complete shock — a tragedy that has torn through our family and left so many people heartbroken.

Larissa's favourite saying was “One life, live it.” As we come to terms with her loss, I am determined to do just that — raising money and awareness in the process.

The 40 challenges I’m taking on range from the impressive to the ridiculous.

All the challenges will be documented through my social media profiles, but to give you a flavour of what to expect, here are some examples:

Cycle to 40 Skipton Building Society branches

Run a marathon

Eat 40 doughnuts

Fast for 40 hours

Climb the UK’s three biggest peaks

Spend the day wearing 40 items of clothing

Grow and shave my hair

Walk/run from my home in Yorkshire to my parents’ house in Dudley

All money raised will be donated to Leukaemia UK, who believe research has the power to stop leukaemia devastating lives.

Despite decades of incredible progress, only half of leukaemia patients live longer than five years after their diagnosis. They won’t stop until that changes.

Bringing together the leukaemia community, they aim to accelerate progress through life-changing research, awareness, and advocacy — doing everything they can to make sure that the next person with leukaemia has the best possible experience of diagnosis, treatment, and care.