A father from Stroud says he’s been doing plenty of Pilates and commuting to work on his motorcycle as he prepares to tackle the highest drivable road in the world for charity in less than two months’ time. Steve Smith, 49, will take on the Khardung La pass in India which stands at a staggering […]
A mother from Woking who started the ‘Couch to 5K’ challenge back in September, is taking on the London Marathon in aid of the Down’s Syndrome Association. Sarah Roberts will run the 26.2 miles on Sunday 28th April and says her son Oscar is her inspiration. “It goes without saying I’m doing this for Oscar. […]
A father from Camberley is running the London Marathon in aid the Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA) later this month, and says it’s a charity his family is “absolutely indebted to”. Andrew Humberstone and his wife Denise were living in Saudi Arabia when their first daughter Kathleen was born 20 years ago. Kathleen was diagnosed with […]
A father from Stoke-on-Trent is taking on his first ever marathon at the end of the month and says thoughts of his daughter Lexie’s beautiful smile will help him get round. James Leech will run the 26.2 mile London Marathon on Sunday 28 April. He’ll raise money for the Down’s Syndrome Association. “Ever since Lexie […]
A woman from Bedfordshire whose daughter died from sepsis when she was just five years old says taking on the London Marathon at the end of the month will be an “epic and emotional” journey. Wendy Feugard says she’s determined to get around the 26.2 mile challenge, and will be thinking of her daughter Alice […]
A Hertfordshire man is gearing up for a 10,000 mile motorcycle challenge in memory of his son Tom, who died when he was just seven years old. Richard ‘Dicky’ Barr will ride from London to Mount Everest, leaving the capital on 20th April, the day on which Tom would have turned 22. Tom had Down’s […]
A grandmother from the Isle of Wight will be taking on the Virgin London Marathon later this month in memory of her granddaughter, who died just before birth. Karen Tuckwell’s daughter Kerrie was pregnant with her third child back in 2013 when she had complications and lost the baby in her last few weeks. They […]
An amazing £20,370 was raised for the Down’s Syndrome Association at the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) annual dinner, which was held on 26 February 2019 at the prestigious Grosvenor House, London W1. The FLA selected the Down’s Syndrome Association as their charity to support at the association’s black-tie dinner. The event was attended by […]
We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported our Christmas Raffle at the end of last year by buying and selling tickets. We raised over £13,000 which is wonderful…thank you all so much. The draw has taken place and these are the winning numbers: 1st (£2,500): 015211 2nd (£1,000): 144943 3rd (£750): […]
At the beginning of the year, Adam and Johnnie (aka the Putney Gumps) set themselves a huge challenge of running 12 marathons in 12 months. It’s almost a year later and they have managed to raise over £60,000. We asked them to tell us how they found the challenge… Adam and I have taken on regular […]
