Hi the reason I am fundraising is to help out the place which saved me. Through primary school I had an incredibly tough time battling leaukimia, which obviously made me an easy target to suffer from bullying.
as I moved on to high school my mobility to walk became quite bad which I was then diagnosed with a progressive neorogical disorder. Which I then had to start using a wheelchair and was falling quite frequently. In high school I recieved no support and had lots of other children laugh and call me which completely broke my confidence. I moved high schools twice before I moved to Pendlebury.
pendlebury is a small centre for children like myself who have had there own struggles such as mental health or anxiety etc. when I moved to Pendlebury I instantly got the help I so desperately needed, i found the confidence to start going out in my wheelchair, I started making conversations with people, and I on a whole just felt like I was never judged. I finally made some great friends and every single teacher helped me in every way shape of form.
due to the time I had missed of school from the cancer, or my walking issues, or hospital, I was lucky enough to be able to stay at Pendlebury for an extra year.
the September just gone I had major surgery to try and help my walking a little bit better, I was in the operation for 8 hours and school have done everything to help me.
the funds I raise will go straight to the Pendlebury centre to give them the chance to build there confidence and make friends just like me. They will have the chance to go to amazing places for there Duke of Edinburgh bronze, and everything penny I make puts them in a better position to change lives just like they have done for me.
in the upcoming April I will be doing a skydive to get donations towards it. And I will be jumping out of a plane from very high up. This is a big challenge for me due to the fact I am still currently learning to walk again after my operation, but I want to be able to give back to them as much as possible before I leave school in June.