{"id":205399,"date":"2025-06-22T15:18:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205399\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T15:18:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:18:34","slug":"ken-walks-60-miles-in-june-fundraising-for-dementia-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205399\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken walks 60 miles in June fundraising for Dementia UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fund-raiser.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>I have Dementia and it\u2019s getting worse each year. This maybe my last fundraiser, as my health is not too good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/southleedslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gascoigne-House-9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-166563 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gascoigne-House-9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/><\/a>Gardens at Gascoigne House, where I walked the most miles of my 60 mile target<\/p>\n<p>I have no idea what the future holds, but with the help of friends, and also friends and staff at Gascoigne House, where I now live, I will be just fine.<\/p>\n<p>I live a full life and being 76 years old, I\u2019m not doing bad so far.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing online donations to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/page\/kenneth-ingram-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Just Giving page<\/strong><\/a> total \u00a360. Sponsorship forms pledged so far \u00a376. Miles walked 51 miles of 60 miles, so 9 miles to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you want to join me at the finish line at Gascoigne House gardens, please let me know and I will give the date and time near to my 60 miles target, which is likely to be\u00a0 Wednesday of next week\u00a0 25 June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving \u2013 they\u2019ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they\u2019ll send your money directly to the charity. So, it\u2019s the most efficient way to donate \u2013 saving time and cutting costs for the charity.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Dementia UK, click the link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dementiauk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.dementiauk.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please folow this link to donate: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/page\/kenneth-ingram-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kenneth Ingram is fundraising for Dementia UK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>While you\u2019re here, can we ask a favour?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">South Leeds Life is published by a not-for-profit social enterprise. We keep our costs as low as possible but we\u2019ve been hit by increases in the print costs for our monthly newspaper which have doubled in the last two years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Could you help support local community news by making a one off donation, or even better taking out a supporters subscription?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Donate here, or sign up for a subscription at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SLLsubscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>bit.ly\/SLLsubscribe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746353474_pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"\/><strong>Thank you for your support<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I have Dementia and it\u2019s getting worse each year. 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