Inspired by our late co-founder Tom Isaacs’ 4,500 mile walk around the British coast, we asked our supporters to mark 20 years of the charity with a Walk To Cure Parkinson’s.
In 2002, Tom set off on Coastin’: a year-long walk around the coastline of Britain to raise funds for research for a cure. Three years later he went on to co-found Cure Parkinson’s, alongside three other people living with Parkinson’s who felt that nobody was taking a cure seriously enough.
Since then Cure Parkinson’s have funded millions of pounds of research, made scientific discoveries and opened new avenues of research. However, we don’t yet have a cure and so the goal remains unchanged: to consign Parkinson’s to medical history.
To pay homage to Tom and raise even more funds in support of their vital research, we have been encouraging supporters to take on walking challenges and organised our first 10-20km in-person walking event in London.
Over 140 people joined us in London on Sunday 28 September for our Walk To Cure Parkinson’s event. Many took on the 20km challenge, setting off from Greenwich Park, before meeting up with the 10km walkers at Bermondsey. The routes snaked along the Thames towards the finish line on Millennium Bridge – where Tom started and completed his Coastin’ walk over 20 years ago.
We would like to say a huge thank you for to everyone who got involved with Walk To Cure Parkinson’s this year – together you’ve helped to raise over £39,500 so far!
Some photos from our London Walk To Cure Parkinson’s:
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