Raising money for Robert with Motor Neurone Disease

24/01/2022

Good morning everyone, I hope you all enjoyed your weekends and are powering through Monday morning!
In case it's a struggle lets go with some Monday motivation before our update.
"Success is no accident, it is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying , sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do" If it's good enough for Pele, it's good enough for me!
So we come into day 7, week 2.
Our total stands at £3,300 as of this morning so ten percent of what we need. We have now sent over the first portion of funds and this will make an amazing difference for Robert and Lyndsey in planning the way ahead for their alterations, there is light !
We have a lot of hard work to do this week to keep the spotlight on the campaign. Well done to Michael Rook for completing his run yesterday, fantastic effort!! Claire Rook is now arranging her second visit to the printers as sales of her lovely card are going really well so get your orders in to avoid disappointment. Keep sharing with friends, work colleagues far and wide. Big day on the campaign front as we have interviews with News Shopper and My London to raise awareness for not only the campaign but Motor Neurone Disease in general. Reach out to colleagues, they may not be able to donate money but they could donate their time or offer a service free of charge. We are looking at setting up an auction so if you know anyone that can offer anything be it tangible or their time, please get in contact.
So, enjoy your Mondays lovely people.
With much love and respect to you all.

Hi, We are Sarah and Andy and we are part of Robert and Lyndsey's e… Andy Littlechild needs your support for Help Robert and Lyndsey rebuild their home

21/01/2022

So we have now hit day 4. We didn't quite manage to reach our daily target yesterday so we need to renew our efforts out there with friends. Good luck to Michael Rook for Sunday who will be undertaking the first of his running events to raise money for the campaign. We would encourage you to make your donation on the page below for Michael. Please add a message of support for him as well when you do so. Our target for today is to get over the 3k mark. We need to move quickly as the house alterations need to be done ASAP so please help if you can. We have a new dedicated page being made for this so like, share and follow that page when you see it.
On a personal note I would like to start sending shout outs to those people that know me and have supported the campaign. The first one goes to Jeff Kiy. I worked with Jeff at Salomon Brothers in 1994 and he trained me up for my first role there. We haven't seen each other for ages but he still found the time to donate to the cause. "judge", thank you for your support, you are a legend.

21/01/2022

So, we have added a dedicated page to highlight our campaign for Robert and Lyndsey Holroyd . Please like and follow the page and share far and wide. For those family and friends of Robert, please send over your events, fund raising ideas and we will look to promote them on this dedicated page. Thank you all for your support.

21/01/2022

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Robert has a progressive, debilitating and life limiting incurable condition called Motor neurone disease (MND). Most of you know about MND from the ice bucket challenge from 2014 but how has it affected Robert? As the nerves in his body stop sending messages to the muscles, they stop working and deteriorate. This has already had an effect on every aspect of Roberts' day-to-day life. Speech, walking, eating, drinking and independence are largely affected and stairs are now impossible. With this awful disease ripping away his independence at an exponential rate, works need to be started as soon as possible to adapt their home. With stairs now an impossibility and hoists being needed in the near future, a plan has been made for a modest extension for a downstairs wet room and further works to the ground floor to adapt the living room to a downstairs bedroom and to make the whole of the ground floor accessible to let Robert keep his independence for as long as possible.

We need to act now to secure the necessary funding to ensure Robert's quality of life can be the best possible, as he battles with his condition.