28/04/2026
I'm looking for your support! (Please take a few minutes to read on).
This beautiful young lady in the picture with me here is called Esme. She is one of the kindest, most caring and empathetic people I know. She would do anything for anyone, yet hates the idea of being a burden to others. She's also one of the most self aware people I know, I wish at 14 I had the same level of self awareness as Es!
Esme looks like a very normal teenager, and in many aspects she really is.
However 2 years ago she was a passenger in a car travelling back from a football match she had been playing in, when a tanker crossed over the middle of the road and struck the car she was in with her Dad, head on. She was directly in the tankers path.
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance were quickly on the scene, putting Esme into a medically induced coma. They were calm, professional and compassionate. They treated Esme with incredible skill and care, not just medically but emotionally too. They flew her straight to Bristol Children’s Hospital for the emergency surgery that saved her life.
Esme had suffered a traumatic brain injury, a fractured skull, compressed vertebrae and a shattered hip.
She spent seven weeks in hospital and had a seven-hour operation on her hip.
Even after all of this, and the ongoing medical appointments (and the fact she is stuck working with me once a week 🤪), she continues to show up and be the wonderful young lady she is.
Esme and I, and her whole family are taking part in the Seaside Scramble on the 9th May, and Esme will very much not find this event easy (not sure I will these days either tbh). But she wants to push herself out of her comfort zone and see what she can achieve. She has always tried new things even when they are hard or scary, and I admire her for that.
It's very rare of me to come out looking for sponsorship and I'm also very aware that with the cost of living many can't afford to sponsor people.
But I'm hoping a few of you may be able to support this fantastic charity with even just a couple of £'s where you can.
So if you are able to spare a little money we would all be 'Forever Grateful'.
Link will be in Bio.