Saturday, 7 September 2013

Cycle to Paris for MND

Next week, my friends are cycling to Paris to raise money and awareness for MND. I am so grateful to them for making such an enormous effort. This is Phil's information of the ride and if you would like to support them, visit

http://www.justgiving.com/Philip-Barr


Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page


So - what's this all about then? Well, 8 of us all aged 43 to 51 decided to ride (off road) London to Paris in September 2013, around 250 miles approx while raising funds, and just as importantly, awareness, for the MND association.

This was inspired by our friend Steve-he was diagnosed with MND back in 2007, and did a cycle himself for the same charity back in 2008- details of that ride can be seen  at steveevans.co.uk
Sadly Steve's condition is such that he can no longer join us - he would love to be able to. You can find out a little more about how MND affects every moment of Steve's life now in this short film he made for MNDA, and also in Steve's own blog.

Do please take a look at these- this page is not only about raising money, although of course that remains important- the more people are aware of this horrible disease and how it affects people, the better.

Next, the money bit - I can assure you that donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and secure. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity.
So please dig deep and donate now.

Thank you,

2 comments:

Adam Z said...

HI Steve,

We've been trying to get behind Phil's impressive push to raise cash

Its been a long time since we caught up (curry in London Bridge a good few years back) and whilst I get updates from Phil - I have only recently read your blog.

I just wanted to drop you a line to say that I find your writing, humour and honesty to be an inspiration. Its a real eye-opener into the challenges you face, and great to hear your updates

WIll be thinking of you on the bike ride (follow our progress live on twitter @zoldano - I have a few MNDA people as followers now) and I'm sure there will be a drink or two to absent friends along the way.

Cheers
Adam

Anonymous said...

Steve, your updates are fast and furious at the moment. (Though not as furious as some in the past!) It must be the great weather. I hope you get decent weather for goodwood. Just seen the photo on the last blog. Your goatee is amazing. Really gorgeous. Nice one mate.

Laura