The Longest Day

On the 21st June 2021, the sun rises at 0440 and sets at 2130; the Longest Day. On that day I shall be cycling from sunrise to sunset as a personal challenge. That will be my Longest Day. For others, that description of the “Longest Day” might describe a time waiting for a diagnosis, the duration of an operation, or those last precious moments with a loved one. For each of us, The Longest Day means something different.

It is an odd but accepted thing that if one person undertakes a challenge, on the strength of this, they can ask friends and family to support a chosen charity. This event is a little different. I’m going to undertake the challenge. If you would like to reward that then please consider supporting a charity, any charity, that reflects your Longest Day. All I would ask is that you add your name to this form to show which charity you have supported. Please also considering leaving a note about why you have done so; that will inspire me.

If you have no specific charity in mind to reflect your Longest Day may I suggest that you may like to support one of my three chosen charities. Click on the link below for a more detailed explanation of the charities. On the page there is a link to the just giving site for your donation if you chose to make one. Each pages details more about the charity and has a link to their own homepages.

Tommy’s is a charity working to make the UK the safest place in the world to give birth, supported by people who refuse to accept that a baby’s death is just ‘one of those things’.

Coventry Myton Hospices is a charity that believes everyone matters for every single moment of their life; they focus on enhancing life when cure is no longer an option.

Sheffield Children’s Hospital, the hospital that I work at, aim to make every hospital visit better for the children and families whether that is for a simple Out Patient visit or on their “Longest Day”.