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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
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Nick Steidl
Lovely photo
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Kit Van Tulleken
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Andrew Harris
Take plasters! Good luck
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Jon Drori
Thanks for doing this Karyn, a great cause
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Tom Hempenstall
Well done, Karyn.
£100
Chris Rd
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Kate Howell
Huge admiration for you xx
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Gerard Howlin
Best wishes!
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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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Joe Joseph
Good luck, Karyn
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Banerjea
£69
Michael Swart
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Derwin Mak
£60
Sue Pandit
What a lovely fund raising initiative for such an important cause.
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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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Oliver G
Well done, Karyn. Raising money for a great cause.
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John Livingston
Great cause well done.
£60
Ulrike Murphy
Go Karyn go!! Great initiative, hope it all goes well xx
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Gerard H
Well done Karyn for raising money for such an important charity .
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Mark Cole
You are a star. Well done !
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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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Lewis Bronze
Good luck Karyn!
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Mike Dymond
Fantastic Effort From the Dymonds
£60
Robin Shearmur
£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
£60
John Peacock
Who'll be taking the photos?! All best and happy trails!
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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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Paddy
Dear Karyn Wishing you every success with your challenge for a very worthy cause.
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Piers Vaughan
What a wonderful cause! Lots of luck with the walk!
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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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Moira Sleight And Colin Wells
A very worthy cause. All the best for the runs.
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Christopher Leonard-morgan
Nearly there!
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N Smith
£60
Chris King
£60
Polly Swan
Well done Karyn! A very worthy cause - I'm more than happy to support you.
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Mike Hewitt
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Ian Fagelson
Well done Karyn, keep up the good work
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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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Sarah
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Jason Court
Good luck Karyn
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Bivas Ambasada
A great cause, for a great woman. Love and admiration for you. Bivas
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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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Hui Pittman
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Rachel Davis
Well done, Karyn! Brilliant cause x
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Janet , Steve And Opi
Good luck with the walk and a great cause.
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Drew Scrimgeour
Karyn you are a GUD UN -well done doing this and good luck
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Julian Calder
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Barbara Jane Bickerstaffe
Well Done Karen. My husband had dementia and the wonderful help and advice I received from the Admiral nurses made it possible to look after him.
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Steven Dieter
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Miranda Harvie-watt
Well done xx
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Dominic Walsh
Great cuae Karyn …
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Jessica Kingsley
Well done! My father had dementia so I know how agonising it is to see. Best wishes for your mother
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Brian O'leary
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Barley Communications
Dear Karyn, We were so sorry to hear about your Mum's challenges. Well done on completing walking 60 miles supporting Dementia UK. Such an important charity and a cause that is close to our hearts. Wishing you all the best, Cath, James and all at Barley
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Nicholas Jones
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Carrollanne Lindley
Happy trails!
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Michael James
Great charity. Good luck
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Hugh C
Great cause, hope it goes well
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David Poyser
Good luck. Best to Mum
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Delia Ray
£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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Roy Kaufman
£33
John Waits
Good luck Karyn.
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Ruth Sunderland
Good luck!
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Murray Sale
Great work Karyn on this amazing fundraiser
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Anneliese Cooper Blake
Good luck, I hope the sun shines whilst you walk.
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Anonymous
£33
Julie A Willis
Bravo Karyn! Wishing you all the best!
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Anonymous
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Ian Grant
£33
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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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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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
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Kate Maltby
£33
Judith Keeling
Good luck Karyn. This is a devastating disease and such an important cause
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Jill Jones
Go for it, Karyn - great cause!
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Liz Perkins
Wishing you the best with your fundraiser Karyn!
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Nicholas Brealey
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Anonymous
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Charles Southey
£33
Carol T
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Joasia E. Popowicz
Much love to you, your mom and family — such an important cause ❤️
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Graham Thomas
£30
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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David Baker
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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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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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Alex Stevenson
Take care and good luck x
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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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Tony Hemmings
Well done Karyn!
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Christopher Mckane
Well done Karyn - a tremendous effort!
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Stephen Watson
Great cause. Good luck.
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Christopher Smith
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Quentin Hunter
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Andrew Bordiss
One step at a time. Good luck Karyn
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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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Anonymous
Well done.
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John Lunan
Good luck, Karyn! I’ll be thinking of you! John
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Andrew And Team Geo
Good luck Karyn!
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Richard Peacock
£20
Nick Mccluskey
Sending you love
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Claire-louise Price
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Michael Waller
Well done Karyn and much love to your Mum
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Philippe
Good luck Karyn, great effort
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Susan Walker
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Anonymous
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Michael Clark
So sorry to learn your news. Best of luck, Mike
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Rodney Mountford
£19
Ian Leggett
Well done Karyn. I know it is tough.
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Ian Larkham
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Anonymous
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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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Anonymous
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Karyn Keating
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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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Samantha Levitt
For Aunty B xx
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Mart Levitt
With love to you and your mom !!!
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Paul Campbell
Best of luck, Karyn!
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Andrew Pidgeon
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Elizabeth Rose
Well done for all your walking Karyn for such a good cause
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Rea
A great cause Karyn. Most of us know someone impacted by this terrible illness. Thank you for fundraising to help defeat it.
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Sue Lacey Bryant
Well done Karen. Both our fathers had dementia.; it's tough.
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Christy Burdock
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Tania Pemberton
well done - a good cause
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Jacob Kent
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One foot in front of the other it’s not a race !