Last week we told you about our Helpline Co-ordinator Christian Bower, who decided that running the Helpline wasn't enough: he was also going to run a Marathon!
Christian took on the Herculean task of competing in the Brighton Marathon on Sunday 9th April. And we’re delighted to announce that he absolutely smashed it!
16 year old Abbi Willetts and her sister Saskia are truly going the distance to help people with OCD.
Abbi has had OCD since she was four years old, and is determined to help others who are in the same position. So this summer Abbi and Saskia will be walking a whopping 48 miles to raise awareness of the condition and donations to OCD Action.
The course itself is four miles long, but Abbi felt it was important to walk around the course 12 times: one lap for each year she has lived with OCD.
Last week, we told you that Katherine Ratcliffe, and her partner Lee, were going to be taking place in the Xrunner Wild Mud Run on Saturday 1st April. A long, challenging obstacle course with a plethora of challenging obstacles, it promised to be a truly exciting event.
So we're pleased to report that Katherine and Lee not only completed the course, but they managed to raise an incredible £335 for OCD Action in the process!
It takes a lot of commitment to run a marathon. Months of grueling training culminating in 26.2 mile behemoth – it’s certainly not for the faint of heart!
But that hasn’t put off the incredible Christian Bower, who on Sunday 9th April (this weekend) will be taking on the Brighton Marathon in order to raise donations for OCD Action in order to help people with OCD all across the country.
This Saturday is 1st April. But there’s no April Fools happening for us – instead, we have another event from one of our wonderful fundraisers!
Last weekend was the first running event from the amazing Sarah Guy, who is doing an unbelievable amount of running this year -- all in the name of helping people with OCD through raising awareness and donations!
This year, Sarah will be competing in an astonishing nine running events this year. That’s a huge amount of commitment, so thank you so much Sarah!
These are all the runs Sarah will be involved in:
Want to take part in a fantastic fundraising opportunity, and be part of a truly inspiring event?
OCD Action will be entering the Charity Walk for Peace on Sunday 14th May.
The year for fundraising runs is well and truly underway!
Last weekend, on Sunday 12th March, the incredible Camilla Brice ran in the Fradley 10K in Staffordshire. Camilla was running to raise awareness and funds to help people with the disorder, as the condition is very close to her heart.
We've got a lot of wonderful running events coming up this year from our fundraisers. Whether it be 10Ks, Half Marathons or Marathons, we’re hugely grateful to all the amazing people who throw their backs out to raise donations to help people with OCD through running.
And kicking off the year in running, we have the amazing Michael Darvill, who is doing a hugely impressive amount of fundraising in the short space of two months.
February has been a great month for fundraising, in no small part due to the efforts of two groups of amazing fundraisers.
One of these is the Youth Action Panel (or YAP), who put on a couple of cake sales and coffee mornings at their local schools and colleges, motivated by the desire to raise funds to enable them to put on the events which are so crucial to the YAP’s work.
