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Five intrepid supporters abseiled from the Forth Bridge to raise money for Arthritis Care’s Joint Potential programme . Tracy Smith, Steve Hutcheon, John Morrow, Jim Honeyman and Rhona Hay have so far raised £2020.
Tracy is a volunteer who delivers our training courses, and is on the Scotland committee. She says ‘As a youngish person (39) who has had rheumatoid arthritis for the past 14 years, my reason for doing the abseil was to raise money and awareness. It was great and I would definitely do it again’ Steve also had personal reasons for taking part. His father-in-law had rheumatoid arthritis, so Steve is well aware of the effect this can have on the person living with arthritis and their family.
As a reflexologist Rhona works on a daily basis with people living with a long term condition. She, and her partner Jim, wanted to experience what it felt to be outwith their comfort zone – something many people with a long term condition feel on a daily basis. John is an adrenaline junkie, who has raised lots of money in the past for other charities. As Tracy says ‘I knew as soon as I asked him he would do it’.
Arthritis Care hopes to have 20 places for the next abseil, which takes place in April 2010. If you are interested in taking part and raising money to support our work with people with arthritis, please get in touch.
