Your stories – Fundraising reports – GAIN

Welcome to the fundraising stories portal, here you can find all the stories provided to us by the GAIN community regarding fundraising. Please feel free to share your own here.

May is Guillain-Barre syndrome and CIDP awareness month, and this year, despite lockdown, dozens of you took up the challenge to get moving, get fit, and spread the word!

2.6 Challenge accepted

Sunday 26th April 2020 should have seen thousands of runners pounding the streets for the 40th London Marathon. Instead…

Tesni Foster and Joe Sims 3 peak challange

Joe Sims and his sister, Tesni Foster successfully took on The 3 Peaks Challenge in October to raise money for GAIN…

Jamie Calder-Smith’s fundraising

On the 9th of February this year, my incredible mother was admitted to Salisbury Hospital having begun to lose sensation in her feet…

S ally Haycock Ironman Staffordshire 70.3

Having been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome in 2013, resulting in paralysis and hospitalisation for 3 months, I was fortunate…

Virgin London Marathon 2014

£5000 was collectively raised by the wonderful Blanche, Tony, Marc, Neil and Richard who took part in Virgin’s London Marathon.

Dirty Weekend at Burghley

I sadly lost my dad last year to Guillain- Barre syndrome and have witnessed first hand the devastating consequences of the…

Zoe Ogden Manchester 10k

“John, my Dad was struck down with Guillain-Barre syndrome in November 2010. He was 65, living life to the full looking forward to retirement with his wife…

Thames Challenge Path

On March 6th 2015 our mother, Yvonne Smith was admitted to hospital with a very rare condition called Guillain- Barre syndrome. . .

Race to Silverstone

I have a passion for running, I have done many events and when I can, try to raise money for charities that mean something to me or my friends. In August 2012..