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THIS MONTH'S
FUNDRAISER FOCUS
Andrew's running for our campaign
B12 - Be Aware - Be Well
10am on Sunday 28th May will see the start of the 2023 Edinburgh Marathon, and Andrew (the partner of Lucy Hardie - our president's daughter) will be taking part to raise bot funds and awareness for The B12 Society.
If you'd like to sponsor Andrew in the form of a donation to our charity, please click here
Thank you Andrew and all who support him x
Join our
Vitamin B12 Wake Up Group
on Facebook
and
Current Sponsors
Megan and Gerry Donaldson at Personalised Prints in the Scottish Borders town of Hawick, very kindly sponsored our fantastic charity T-shirts. CLICK HERE to Check these out on our shop page.
Contact Megan and Gerry on:
It's a free private group and a great place to ask questions
MAKE A DONATION
To make a donation please click on the button and follow the instructions. You can either use your Paypal account or Paypal will allow you to use your credit card as a guest user. Thank you for your support.
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There are no catches or hidden charges and The B12 Society will be really grateful for your donations.
Thank you for your support.
Ian Young of Buster's Designs from Hull has kindly sponsored our brilliant charity ampoule snappers. These keep fingers safe when opening glass B12 ampoules.
CLICK HERE to contact Ian from his Facebook page.
Fundraising Ideas
WANT TO HELP US RAISE FUNDS? HERE'S WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING
VIKKI'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
May 2020
Vikki McIntee ran a total of 100 miles throughout the month of May to raise much needed funds for The B12 Society.
Being diagnosed with a B12 deficiency in October 2019, after more than 3 years going back and forth to doctors with various symptoms including severe nausea, unexplained skin rashes, dizziness, fainting and nerve damage, which had begun to impact hugely on her daily life, Vikki decided to raise awareness of the condition by training hard and running the Loch Ness Marathon planned for October 2020. However, as Coronavirus would have it, the marathon was cancelled leaving Vikki wondering what to do instead.
So, determined to make a difference, Vikki decided to challenge herself to run 100 miles during the month of May! Using her daily lockdown allowance, she stormed it, completing her first 50 miles within 10 days and completing a full marathon on her last day finishing off her 100 mile challenge on the 22nd of May, with the amazing support of her football coach Ryan Davidson by her side.
This challenge for Vikki was far from easy, with the ongoing daily impact of her B12 deficiency, she pushed her body harder than we would usually recommend. However with sufficient injections bringing her back up to workable levels, Vikki is "over the moon" with her achievements, as are we!
Having set an initial target of raising £350, Vikki amazed us all with her fundraising efforts, and with the generous donations from her family and friends she actually achieved over £700. This is a great contribution towards the cost of submitting The B12 Society's training programme to the RCGP, with the aim of gaining accreditation for the course.
The programme is close to being completed, and is expected to be ready for submission to the RCGP later this year.