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Jane's London Marathon Challenge Part 2

11/3/2014

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Well it’s now three weeks since I signed up for this latest challenge, and since then I’ve been off work resting my leg, I decided to put the time to good use. The first couple of days I caught up with the practice book keeping and managed to update my Continued Professional Development portfolio, both of which were somewhat uninteresting.

Then I thought…… this is an excellent time to get started on getting organised and Virgin Money Giving page,

However I feel it’s important not just to ask people to sponsor me, but as the target for ‘Sense’ is a sizeable amount, it is important to look at a number of methods in order to reach my target.

Well Christmas is soon to be forced upon us, so what better than to make the most of festive season to use up some of the produce we’ve grown in our garden and our allotment. So I’ve turned my hand to Jane’s Jam and Chutney making services, and have been producing Apple and Cranberry Chutney, Spiced Apple Chutney and Rhubarb and Ginger Jam. I didn’t realise I had the ability to be such a domestic goddess!

If anyone is interested in buying any of these as Christmas presents they’re available at the Centre, and are selling rather well, even if I say so myself. In fact this weekend I’ve had to make a second batch!
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Having started down this line, I then thought I’d turn my hand to some more festive goodies, and produce a range of biscotti biscuits, Florentine biscuits and a friend of mine is making me some delicious homemade chocolates. So whilst these are not available just yet they will be very shortly, and decorated ready for Christmas, so watch this space!

Moving on from the culinary line the little charity book stall that we have at the Centre, the monies raised from that are now being put to ‘Sense’.

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Lastly my other thought on methods of reaching my target was to sell my research textbooks which have been clogging up our study. 

My husband was delighted with the news and even helped me source a good price from a number of on-line sites that buy textbooks and in no time at all, they were parcelled up and sent off. 

Just waiting for the money to drop into my account so that I can add it to the Sense fundraising account!


As you can see I might have not been seeing patients, but I have been busy in other ways.

So I’ll bring this blog to a close, don’t forget, if you would like to help by donating either kindly use my Virgin Money Giving Page here,  or there is a sponsorship form at the Centre. Also if you have any fundraising ideas that you feel would be helpful, I'm all ears. All ideas gratefully received.

Watch this space for more updates…..

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Jane’s London Marathon Challenge – Part 1

11/3/2014

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Well as I write this I have been forced to take some time out of my clinical role as I’m sitting with my leg up having had surgery to remove a lump from my lower leg.

Why would this be of interest to you... well I’ve been somewhat impulsive and have given in to the pestering of a friend to run the Virgin London Marathon with her in April 2015.

Another friend said to me ‘and how will you feel when Lisa crosses that finish line and you’re the only one left who’s never done a marathon?’

Yes, yes I know what I said I can hear some of you saying, I did indeed say I’d never run a marathon! Well how things change with a bit of pressure from my peers! So here I am temporarily incapacitated as I can’t exercise for 6 weeks.

It’s only been 5 days and already it feels like a lifetime. Frustration of not being able to exercise is one thing, but panic about what I’ve done is another! I’ve applied to the charity: 

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Sense is a charity that exists to support 250,000 children and adults in the UK with a combination of visual and or hearing impairments. Living with no sight or hearing is immensely challenging and we who do not suffer any of these impairments take this for granted.

It is so important that these people are able to lead as independent a life as possible.

Like all things these things cost so here is some of the shopping list items that Sense support:

£5 could buy a set of musical bells to help stimulate even the tiniest amount of a deafblind child’s hearing in music therapy.

£35 could help send the siblings of a deafblind child on a Siblings weekend to gain a better understanding of what life is like for their deafblind brother or sister.

£50 Pony riding: an afternoon at Sense’s stables in Peterborough.

£150 enables a deafblind child to experience an activity that they would never dream possible such as a day Sailing.

£200 could pay for specialist training for the families of deafblind adults in communication and mobility so that they can better support their family.

So now I have two challenges for myself:
  1. To prove that I’m Fit at 50 and
  2. To raise £1500 for Sense to provide some of that shopping list.

I’ll be writing a blog to keep you all updated on my progress of both.

If you feel you’d like to donate you can do that online through Virgin Money Giving  -  and donations will be quickly processed and passed to Sense, or there will be a sponsorship form at the Centre.

I will also be up to other activities throughout the year. So watch this space!

Thank you in advance……Jane xx



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    Jane is an osteopath and acupuncturist. She ran her first London Marathon in 2015, and is now training for her second in 2019.

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