Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming..!

For the past three months some work buddies and I have been taking part in the Aspire Channel Swim. It involves swimming the equivalent distance of the English Channel (22 miles, 1416 25m lengths) in the space of 12 weeks. Thankfully this equates to a challenging, but achievable, 118 lengths per week, which is just under 2 miles. Even more thankfully you can do it in your local pool, which for me is the very beautiful Manchester Aquatic Centre. The challenge is part of Aspire’s ongoing work to help people with spinal chord injuries get the support they deserve and regain their independence.

The money raised is used in the following ways:

* £100 will buy the duvet and pillows for one of our adapted houses
* £350 will buy SmartNav technology for a PC to enable someone with a high level spinal injury to use a computer
* £700 will buy a laptop and an accessible bed table for a child in hospital so they can continue to study and stay connected to friends whilst recovering
* £1,000 will provide a rise and fall hob or sink in one of our adapted houses
* £2,500 will buy a made to measure light weight wheelchair

I finished the challenge ahead of schedule on 2nd December and sent my own donation in. If any of you are interested in supporting Aspire you can donate directly through Just Giving. I recommend taking part in it next year, and if possible getting your work buddies interested. Me and the MCISB had a lot of fun competing. Not all of us made it, but at least we tried

Next stop: The Great Swim!!

References
1. Picture is taken from Finding Nemo (2003)

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