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Asam Ali

Asam Ali

My Story

I have been kindly given a spot to run, in the London Marathon 2024. On behalf of Carers Trust, an amazing charity that does great work. https://www.carers.org 

I have set myself a challenge of trying to complete the 26.2m run in under 3hrs 20mins. 

It will be my second attempt at the great race, having completed it in 2013 in 3hrs 43mins, with an injury!

Please if you can, donate generously and follow my progress!

Carers Trust is an amazing chairty, that helps the helpers, who's work many times over goes a miss.

I am excited to be able to run the London Marathon, to raise vital funds for such great people, and have a part to play in their inspirational work.

The below is just one amazing carer, there are many many more that need urgent help and support.

Hello, I’m Louise, 34, and I’ve been a full-time carer for my mum since I was 18 years old.

My mum, Lynda, is 66 and she suffers from a range of conditions including asthma, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – a progressive lung disease that leaves her with breathing problems and makes everyday activities very difficult. When her conditions became too much of a challenge I ended up leaving college to look after her at our home in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.

I give her medication, do the cooking, help her get dressed when she can’t do it herself, give her showers when she needs me too – pretty much everything you can think of.

It means I don’t really get a lot of time to myself or buy much for myself either. Like many other carers, we mainly have to live off Carer’s Allowance which doesn’t go very far each week. With costs rising it’s been really difficult to work out how far we can stretch the money. We spend a lot on electricity because Mum needs a special machine to help her sleep at night but bills have been increasing.

With so much to do with little money, small things going wrong can cause huge problems. Mum’s condition means we have to do a lot of clothes washing on a daily basis. So, when our washing machine started breaking down, we couldn’t afford to get it replaced and I was having to take Mum to the launderette in her wheelchair with bags of clothes and spend money there instead.

When I was given a Rank grant to help replace the machine it made a massive difference to me and Mum. Without it we would still be saving up for months and really struggling with that on top of the cost of everything else.

Carers Trust

Raising for:

Carers Trust
4%

Funded

  • Target
    £2,500
  • Raised so far
    £100
  • Number of donors
    4

My Story

I have been kindly given a spot to run, in the London Marathon 2024. On behalf of Carers Trust, an amazing charity that does great work. https://www.carers.org 

I have set myself a challenge of trying to complete the 26.2m run in under 3hrs 20mins. 

It will be my second attempt at the great race, having completed it in 2013 in 3hrs 43mins, with an injury!

Please if you can, donate generously and follow my progress!

Carers Trust is an amazing chairty, that helps the helpers, who's work many times over goes a miss.

I am excited to be able to run the London Marathon, to raise vital funds for such great people, and have a part to play in their inspirational work.

The below is just one amazing carer, there are many many more that need urgent help and support.

Hello, I’m Louise, 34, and I’ve been a full-time carer for my mum since I was 18 years old.

My mum, Lynda, is 66 and she suffers from a range of conditions including asthma, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – a progressive lung disease that leaves her with breathing problems and makes everyday activities very difficult. When her conditions became too much of a challenge I ended up leaving college to look after her at our home in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.

I give her medication, do the cooking, help her get dressed when she can’t do it herself, give her showers when she needs me too – pretty much everything you can think of.

It means I don’t really get a lot of time to myself or buy much for myself either. Like many other carers, we mainly have to live off Carer’s Allowance which doesn’t go very far each week. With costs rising it’s been really difficult to work out how far we can stretch the money. We spend a lot on electricity because Mum needs a special machine to help her sleep at night but bills have been increasing.

With so much to do with little money, small things going wrong can cause huge problems. Mum’s condition means we have to do a lot of clothes washing on a daily basis. So, when our washing machine started breaking down, we couldn’t afford to get it replaced and I was having to take Mum to the launderette in her wheelchair with bags of clothes and spend money there instead.

When I was given a Rank grant to help replace the machine it made a massive difference to me and Mum. Without it we would still be saving up for months and really struggling with that on top of the cost of everything else.