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I'm walking 60 Miles in June for Dementia UK
This June, I'm walking 60 Miles and raising funds to help ensure no family faces dementia alone. I'm taking on the challenge for Dementia UK, the specialist dementia nursing charity, and would be grateful for your support.
Your donation, big or small, makes a difference. £33 could fund a new dementia specialist Admiral Nurse to spend an hour helping a family in the community, offering practical solutions and emotional support to cope with their loved one’s distressed behaviour.
Thank you!
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Walking for my mom
Thursday 4th Jun For the past 14 years, my mum has been bravely living with dementia.Watching someone you love slowly change because of this disease is something that is difficult to put into words. Dementia doesn't just affect the person diagnosed, it impacts entire families, changing relationships, memories, and everyday moments that many of us take for granted.
My mum lives in South Africa, while I now call the UK home. Being so far away is never easy, but the hardest is returning home each year and seeing how much this disease has progressed. Dementia continues to take away little pieces of the person you love, and there is a helplessness that comes with knowing you cannot stop it.
This June, which is mum’s and also my birthday month, I have decided to walk 60 miles in support of Dementia UK.
I am walking for my mum.
I am walking for the families who are facing the same heartbreak.
And I am walking to help ensure that those affected by dementia receive the support, guidance, and care they so desperately need.
If you are able to, I would be incredibly grateful for your support. I am asking for sponsorship of just £1 per mile walked, but any contribution, no matter the size, will make a meaningful difference. Every donation will go directly towards helping Dementia UK continue its vital work supporting families living with dementia.
Dementia may take memories, but it cannot take away love.
Thank you for your kindness, generosity, and support. It means more than I can express.
Please consider donating here: https://lnkd.in/eNMd5VSi Share
Thank you to my Sponsors
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Robin Baker
£100
Andrew Harris
Take plasters! Good luck
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Nick Steidl
Lovely photo
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Kit Van Tulleken
£69
Joe Joseph
Good luck, Karyn
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John Edwards
Thank you Karyn for suggesting to which charity we should donate, one that means so much to your family and perhaps one of us at some stage.
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Gerard Howlin
Best wishes!
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Banerjea
£69
Kate Howell
Huge admiration for you xx
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Paddy
Dear Karyn Wishing you every success with your challenge for a very worthy cause.
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Mike Dymond
Fantastic Effort From the Dymonds
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Linda Drew
This is such an important cause Karyn and it affects so many. I’m so sorry you don’t get to see the mum you know, let’s hope with support she can live her life with dignity. My own mother is in a similar situation in a care home in North London, thank you for raising money for this incredible organisation on behalf of all our mums ❤️ Go Karyn!
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Lewis Bronze
Good luck Karyn!
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Piers Vaughan
What a wonderful cause! Lots of luck with the walk!
£60
Robin Shearmur
£60
John Peacock
Who'll be taking the photos?! All best and happy trails!
£60
Mark Irving
Well done Karyn on raising money for such an important cause. Not only has it directly affected your Mumand you, but it also affects so many others.
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Steve Burry
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Nick Blackford
Good luck with the 60 miles! Such an amazing cause and an impressive challenge. Wishing you all the best, and fingers crossed for sunny weather. X
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Mark Cole
You are a star. Well done !
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Sue Pandit
What a lovely fund raising initiative for such an important cause.
£60
Robert Weaver
Happy to support you Karyn; as retired teacher no great sum, but every little helps at 1€ a mile. Robert
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Philip & Jeannette Warner
Best of luck Karyn! Philip & Jeannette
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Christopher Smith
Good luck, Karyn Bw Chris x
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Martin & Tina Randall
Enjoy the 60 miles whilst raising for such a good cause. Thinking of you & your family !! Martin & Tina
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Gerard H
Well done Karyn for raising money for such an important charity .
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Ulrike Murphy
Go Karyn go!! Great initiative, hope it all goes well xx
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Oliver G
Well done, Karyn. Raising money for a great cause.
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John Livingston
Great cause well done.
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Anonymous
Karyn, best of luck with your walk despite the fact that June seems to have turned into Autumn. JP
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Hayley Rawle
Great work and cause good luck!!
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Richard
Hi Karyn, wishing you a great walk with dry weather for this very worthwhile cause in aid of your Mum and all those who live with dementia. My father had this illness, so I understand a little of what you are going through. Thank you for fundraising!
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Janet , Steve And Opi
Good luck with the walk and a great cause.
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Hui Pittman
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Rachel Davis
Well done, Karyn! Brilliant cause x
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Bivas Ambasada
A great cause, for a great woman. Love and admiration for you. Bivas
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Mike Hewitt
£50
Jason Court
Good luck Karyn
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Sarah
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Ian Fagelson
Well done Karyn, keep up the good work
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Carrollanne Lindley
Happy trails!
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Ian Grant
£33
Anonymous
£33
Ben Williams
My dad died with Parkinson's. Neurological diseases are tough - for everybody in the family. Good luck on the march, and prayers for your mum.
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Brett Walwyn
Sending lots of love and encouragement
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June Berry
You are Amazing Karyn! X
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Timon Colegrove
Karyn, Well done for opting for this challenge…and such a worthy cause of which I’m all to familiar 😟xx
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Shaukat Dungarwalla
Well done and keep up the good work
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Anneliese Cooper Blake
Good luck, I hope the sun shines whilst you walk.
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Martha Silcott
A cruel disease, well done for helping the much needed research! x
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Michael Binyon
£33
Sarah Oliver
Good luck Karyn, Mums are lovely, God bless yours x
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Sharon Maxwell- Magnus
£33
David Poyser
Good luck. Best to Mum
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Roy Kaufman
£33
Hilary Robinson
Good luck Karyn - you deserve to do well given how much you give to others ... sending love. Hilary
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John Waits
Good luck Karyn.
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Delia Ray
£33
Ruth Sunderland
Good luck!
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Murray Sale
Great work Karyn on this amazing fundraiser
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Hugh C
Great cause, hope it goes well
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Anonymous
£33
Michael James
Great charity. Good luck
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Julie A Willis
Bravo Karyn! Wishing you all the best!
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Phillip Powell
£30
Clare Oswald
Best of luck. I lost my mum to dementia, so I know how heartbreaking it is. Much love. Clare x
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Simon O'connor
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Alex Stevenson
Take care and good luck x
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David B
Dreadful disease. Good luck Karyn.
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Justin Hobson
Good luck and best wishes to you Karyn
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Steve Harrop
Hi Karyn Well done in raising awareness and good luck with your challenge and best wishes for you and your family going forward in difficult times xx
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Thomas
What an amazing cause to be doing this for. So much love to you, your mum and family. You got this!
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James C
An amazing initiative and for such a great cause, Karyn - best of luck with the 60 miles!
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Quentin Hunter
£20
Andrew And Team Geo
Good luck Karyn!
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Stephen Watson
Great cause. Good luck.
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John Lunan
Good luck, Karyn! I’ll be thinking of you! John
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Christopher Smith
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Anonymous
Well done.
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Andrew Bordiss
One step at a time. Good luck Karyn
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Anonymous
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Susan Walker
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Philippe
Good luck Karyn, great effort
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Sian O'neill
A very worthwhile thing to do, Karyn. Go for it!
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Laura Miller
Good luck Karyn, mother in law had Alzheimer's so I know how challenging dealing with this is.
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Paul Campbell
Best of luck, Karyn!
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Sara Fleetwood
Karyn this is amazing. Dementia is an awful disease and I’m so proud of what you are doing💪 xx
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Mart Levitt
With love to you and your mom !!!
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Karyn Keating
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Samantha Levitt
For Aunty B xx
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One foot in front of the other it’s not a race !