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Sarah Drummond chose Asthma Relief Charity, to raise money for, as she lost her best friend Nadine to Asthma when she was only 15. She had a rare type of asthma that doctors were unaware of and suffered a massive attack which her body just couldn’t cope with. Her asthma wasn’t even severe and she rarely used her inhalers. Sarah ran a 10K race in Edinburgh  to raise the money which was a great achievement for her, especially as I was 4 months pregnant at the time! Sarah raised enough money to purchase 2 nebulisers, which we labelled ‘In Memory of Nadine’ and donated to Prestonpans Doctor’s Surgery. A big thank to Sarah, on behalf of Asthma Relief and all the patients who will benefit from use of the nebulisers.

Amanda Stobbart took part in the Spartan Beast Challenge 2016 at Windsor Park on 3^rd October 2016. The Spartan Beast is a 26K Obstacle course, the most difficult of all Spartan races to complete. It consists of 30-35 obstacles, including a Barbed Wire Crawl, Fire Jump, Atlas Carry, Ropes/Wall Climbs and Spear Throw.

Amanda, a Business Analyst from Essex, found the challenge far from easy. “It takes a lot of stamina, strength and perseverance to get to the end.” The rope climb was the most difficult of the obstacles, it was wet and slippery and Amanda just couldn’t manage to get to the top to ring the bell! However, she kept smiling throughout and managed to complete the gruelling course in 5 hours 28 minutes having only fallen off 3 of the obstacles!   Amanda has raised over £1000.00, which is an amazing achievement.

Amanda wanted to raise money for Asthma Relief Charity because asthma has blighted her family for years.  Her mum Helen, who suffered from heart disease, sadly passed away in February this year, had asthma, Amanda has asthma, and her son, Callum has it too. “I have spent many a night lying next to my son listening to his wheezing chest wondering if it will ever improve.”

Once, when Callum was a baby he needed a nebuliser but because of the lack of funding within the NHS the hospital was unable to provide a nebuliser for him to take home and Amanda ending up sharing her cousin’s nebuliser.

“Asthma affects 5-8% of the population, some 5 million suffers and there is no cure, by raising money for Asthma Relief we can help donate nebulisers to those in need.”

Asthma Relief Charity would like to say a Big Thank you to Amanda for choosing to support our work in helping those with asthma and other chronic breathing  difficulties.

After reading a story, in the local newspaper, about nine month old Emme Read’s desperate need for a nebuliser, Dave Penman, founder of Asthma Relief Charity, was so touched by the story he arranged to buy the £600 potentially lifesaving equipment.

Little Emme was whisked away at birth and put in intensive, then transferred to Bristol Children’s hospital where it was confirmed that she had the genetic condition, Cystic Fibrosis.

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited condition that causes sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and digestive system. This causes lung infections and problems with digesting food.

Emme’s Mum Carly was borrowing a second-hand nebuliser from a friend, to dispense her daily medication to clear her lungs, as the local hospital did not have the funds to provide one.

Her delighted Mum said, ‘I am overwhelmed by the generosity of the charity and can’t thank them enough’.

The funds for this specialised nebuliser came from an eighty year old lady who asked for donations instead of birthday presents and an additional £200 came from Asda shoppers popping their green tokens in the Charity’s box in- store.

Carly has since raised £400 for Asthma Relief, by organising a charity event with Tinies Playgroup and Toothill Church.

Emme is doing well and Mum Carly is making it her mission to raise awareness of Cystic Fibrosis and raise funds to buy more Eflo nebulisers.

E-flo Nebuliser