Blake Beckford

[p][b]Hi, thanks for visiting my page. Through Virgin Money Giving, you can sponsor me and donations will be quickly processed and passed to charities. Virgin Money Giving is a not for profit organisation and will claim gift aid on a charity's behalf where the donor is eligible for this. I really appreciate all your support and thank you for any donations.[/b][/p][p][/p][lt]h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'Yanone Kaffeesatz', sans-serif; font-size: 34px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #08ab0f;"[gt][span=margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #339966;]Fight IBD With Blake [/span][lt]/h2[gt] [lt]p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222;"[gt]I have set up the [b]#FightWithBlake[/b] campaign to raise awareness of IBD and having an Ostomy and to demolish any stigma surrounding it. [/p] [lt]p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222;"[gt]Along the way I am supporting two charities close to my heart and would appreciate any support you can give to help others with my condition, even £1 will make a difference, if we all donated £1 we could support thousands more people like myself. [/p] [lt]p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222;"[gt][/p] [lt]h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'Yanone Kaffeesatz', sans-serif; font-size: 34px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline;"[gt][b][span=margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #339966;]The Ileostomy Association [/span][/b][lt]/h2[gt][p][b][span=margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #339966;][lt]br /[gt][/span][/b][/p] [lt]p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222;"[gt]Website: http://www.iasupport.org [/p][lt]p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222;"[gt]Twitter: https://twitter.com/IA_PouchGroup [/p] [lt]p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222;"[gt]A charity set up to support people who have had their colon removed, they aim tohelp anyone who has had, or is about to have, their colon removed to return to a fully active and normal life as soon as possible. It aims to help them with all aspects of their rehabilitation including social activities, relationships with their families, friends, employers, colleagues and members of the general public. They aims to work in close co-operation with the medical authorities as part of a team whose primary aim is the complete rehabilitation of every ileostomy or pouch patient. The [span=margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;]IA [/span]aims to promote and co-ordinate research, not only into ways of improving the quality of life with an ileostomy or pouch, but also into the illnesses which lead to these operations. As well as the [span=margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;]IA[/span] aims to improve knowledge about the management of ileostomies or pouches and encourage development of new ostomy equipment and skin care preparations.[/p] [lt]p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222;"[gt]The IA has supported me throughout my surgery, I found it hard after surgery to accept my Ostomy, to get to grips with my image, and to realise I would be myself again and the IA has really supported me. They are a fantastic charity who help 1000’s of people across the UK. [/p][lt]p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222;"[gt][/p][lt]h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'Yanone Kaffeesatz', sans-serif; font-size: 34px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline;"[gt][lt]strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"[gt][span=margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #339966;]Crohns & Colitis Uk [/span][/b][lt]/h2[gt] [lt]p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222;"[gt]The charity has been providing information and support, funding research and fighting for change by bringing together people of all ages who have been diagnosed with IBD, their families and friends, and the professionals involved in their care.[/p] [lt]p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222;"[gt]For myself personally the Charity have always supported me, in my deepest darkest days of flare ups and not knowing what to do they had a fantastic support line, I was able to call for advise and just someone to talk to. They were great for my family as well to be able to ask questions surrounding my condition. The charity support people of all ages and fund vital research into IBD and together we need to keep raising money for them to help others like me. [/p][p][/p][p]Please visit my website - www.blakebeckford.co.uk [/p][p]Twitter: @Blake_Beckford[/p]