A Heartfelt Walk: Ione and Janet’s Hike for Health Journey
Ione and her wife Janet raised over £1,200 for St Bartholomew’s Hospital by joining Hike for Health, finding hope and community ahead of Ione’s heart surgery.
Singing for better lung health
Dr Anna Moore is a respiratory specialist working at The Royal London and St Bartholomew’s hospitals. Growing evidence suggests the benefits singing can have on lung health. These include reducing breathlessness and improving wellbeing.
Anna wanted to start a singing group to help her patients and improve the care they’re given. We provided initial funding to set up the group and this was then increased with Anna’s own creative fundraising.
The weekly sessions, which began this week, are led by a specially trained ‘Singing for Lung Health’ facilitator and take place at The Royal London Hospital every Tuesday at 1pm.
Walking, singing and fundraising
In August, Anna raised over £1,000 by taking on 42-miles of the Pennine Way on her walk with a twist. Participants in the epic walk had to sing songs related to breathing the whole time. These included Bach’s ‘Air on a G string’ and Pink Floyd’s ‘Breathe’.
Before the event, Anna said: “None of us are singing pros, more shower standard, but we love hiking and over the August bank holiday will be walking the Pennine Way while enthusiastically singing all the songs we can think of on the theme of breathing.”
Dr Anna Moore, group facilitator Joanna and advocates John and Sonia walking the Pennine Way
Inspirational champion
We want to thank Anna for her inventive fundraising efforts, and her dedication to improving the care given to those with chronic lung disease.
Inspired by Anna’s creative fundraising and want to take on your own challenge? Whether you want to sing, bake, run or skydive, there are plenty of ways you can fundraise to support us.
