Get Jimmy Out & About

In 2013 my Dad Jimmy Harte had a sudden fall and wound up with a life-threatening brain trauma. Thanks to the miracle workers in the HSE, they saved his life with radical surgery.

However, as Dad's health dropped over the years, our ability to care for him safely meant we had to get him full-time care in a nursing home. In February 2020, he moved into his new home, but in March, the country went into Coronavirus lockdown.

The lack of physiotherapy and the ability to be out and about have almost rendered him confined to his bed or a push wheelchair.

We recently had our family car retrofitted with a swivel chair to get him back out and about, but with the aid of an electric wheelchair, his life would be much better if he could get out and visit places with a level of independence.

In the past, I have run two marathons: one to raise money for the Neuro department in Beaumont and the other to raise funds for the No Barriers Foundation. And this year, with your help again, I would love to be able to purchase a foldable electric wheelchair that would allow us to bring him to places we currently can't go. Any remaining funds, or if I go over my goal, we will support him with specialist physiotherapy to help him gain some mobility.