CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES 31st OCTOBER 2020
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VIRGIN MEDIA are joint sponsors of “My Disabled World”
A LIST OF OUR NOMINATED CHARITIES SO FAR
MS (twice); Cancer Research (twice); Rutherford School; Crohn’s & Colitis; British Heart Foundation (twice); SCOPE (four times); Revialize; Shekinah; Versus Arthritis (twice); WWF; Alzheimer’s Society; AMAZE (three times); Sutton Nightwatch; Stepping Stone Theatre for Mental Health (twice); BRAKE; MIND (seven times); Children’s Hospice South West (Little Harbour); Independent Lives; SSAFA; MNDA; Bob Champion Cancer Charity; Popsy Charity; Invest in ME; NCBI; The Humane Society; Dementia Care; Headway UK; Heart of Darts; Rights of Women (twice); Complex PTSD; NASS (five times); FSH Muscular Dystrophy; Mencap; Teach Us Too; Simon Community Glasgow; Action on Hearing Loss; Spinal Injuries Association (twice); Bay Area Lyme Foundation; KEEN Oxford; The Parasol Project; Caudwell LymeCo (five times); White Lodge; Zetta; Help For Heroes ; Retina UK; Horses helping People; RSPCA; Dogs Trust; Jim Cronin Memorial Fund; Daft As A Brush; Smile Train Africa; Share A Star and The Dystonia Society.
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These are our published Poets so far, together with their chosen charities
Christine Lavelle – 4th September .. ‘Lose The T’ – Crohn’s & Colitis
Jackie Cooper – 7th September .. ‘Lady in a Wheelchair’ – BHF
Carter Sherren – 7th September .. ‘I Want To Die’ – SCOPE
Alison J Schultz – 7th September .. ‘Invalid’ – MS
Genevieve Fisher – 8th September ,, ‘I think I’m OK’ – MIND
Toni-Marie Barker – 8th September .. ‘Lion Heart’ – Revitalize
Colin Williamson – 11th September .. ‘The World Of Rutherford School’ – Rutherford School, part of the Garwood Foundation
Pam George – 11th September .. ‘I can’t walk a distance’ – MS & Cancer Research UK
Kate H Bryant – 16th September .. ‘Let go’ – Versus Arthritis
Thomas Selomane – 16th September .. ‘What is it … – No charity nominated
Henry Tayler – 16th September .. ‘My uncle is disabled’ – Shekinah
Susan Fletcher – 18th September .. ‘My Friend Sue’ – Alzheimer’s Society
Simon Tayler – 18th September .. ‘Little white pill’ – MIND
Matilda Barrowman – 18th September .. ‘My condition’ – AMAZE
Jenny Dooge – 18th September .. ‘Eyes, look to me’ – WWF
Karen Beswick – 21st September .. ‘I Care’ – Sutton Nightwatch
Simon Tayler – 21st September .. ‘Schizo-Affective’ – MIND
Jamie Simpson – 21st September .. ‘The Darkness’ – Stepping Stone Theatre
John Hindle – 21st September .. ‘Breaking Free’ – BRAKE
Stephen Nott – 23rd September .. ‘A Lonsesome Quiet World’ – Little Harbour Hospice
Shelagh Callaghan – 23rd September .. ‘This Time’ – Independent Lives
Tricy Wood – 25th September .. ‘Our Brave Hero’ – SSAFA
Lynda Turbet – 25th September .. ‘Ready, aim, fire’ – MNDA
Paul Zetter – 25th September .. ‘A Better World’ – Bob Champion Cancer
Adele Lowe – 29th September .. ‘Up and Down’ – Stepping Stone Theatre
Vicky Gleave – 29th September .. ‘Trapped’ – MIND
Charles Allen – 29th September .. ‘When the birds have gone’ – MIND & SCOPE
Lynda Turbet – 29th September .. ‘Thanks, but no thanks’ – MNDA
Tymandra Blewett-Silcock – 29th September .. ‘Parent Carers’ – Popsy Charity
Angela Wainwright – 2nd October .. ‘My Friend’ – MIND
Michael Langstone – 2nd October .. ‘A dogs tail, Askem’ – NCIB
S. Rupsha Mistra – 2nd October .. ‘Still there is faith’ – Stepping Stone Theatre
Steph Lee – 2nd October .. ‘(In) Visibly (Dis) Abled’ – NASS
Keren Dibbens-Wyatt – 2nd October .. ‘Warrior’ – Invest in ME
Greg Beatty – 3rd October .. ‘Fishing from a wheelchair’ – The Humane Society
Dr. Olive M. Ritch – 3rd October ..’A Message’ – Dementia Care
Natalie Parr – 3rd October .. ‘I’m not just a wheelchair’ – Headway UK
Sophie Harris – 3rd October .. ‘Our fight’ – NASS
Naomi Broderick – 7th October .. ‘Despite I Fight’ – CPTSD
Ian Waller – 7th October .. ‘A sonnet of positivity’ – Heart Of Darts
Sav Kanagasundaram – 7th October .. ‘Wheels’ – AMAZE
Priscila Castano – 7th October .. ‘My cheap yellow sun’ – Rights of Women
Anna Louise Savage – 7th October .. ‘The Empty Room’ – AMAZE
Shirley Head – 7th October .. ‘Waddle with Ankylosing Spondylitis’ – NASS
Sara Gorman – 9th October .. ‘Autism Is Speaking’ – Mencap
Jonathan Bryan – 9th October .. ‘PMLD’ – Teach Us Too
Ojo Taiye – 9th October .. ‘River of Scars’
Donna Russo – 9th October .. ‘Dancing With Grace’ – FSH Muscular Dystrophy
John Dove – 9th October .. ‘What’s that you said’ – Action on Hearing Loss
Joel Nelson -12th October ..’The Outcasts’ – Versus Arthritis
Myfawny Vickers – 12th October .. ‘How Are You?’ – Spinal Injuries Association
Erika Beauchamp – 12th October .. ‘Try Not To Cry’ – Bay Area Lyme Foundation
Wendy Osgerby – 12th October .. ‘We Can’ – NASS
Charlie Parker – 12th October .. ‘My Life’ – Keen & The Parasol Project
Victoria Hamlin – 12th October .. ‘A letter to my illness’ – Caudwell LymeCo
Gail Macdonald – 13th October ..’GHOST’ – Simon Community Glasgow
Philip Anderson – 13th October .. ‘My Body’ – White Lodge
Jan Marcos – 13th October .. ‘Between Both Worlds’ – Zetta
Sandra Payne – 13th October .. ‘Today’ – Help For Heroes
Emilee Lavender – 13th October .. ‘Lack of Energy’ – MIND
Partick & Julie Quinn – 13th October .. ‘My Day’ – NASS
Richard Boggie – 13th October .. ‘Edges’ – Retina UK
Lucy Williams – 16th October .. ‘My Unseen Pain’ – NASS
Helen Warner – 16th October .. ‘New Year 2020’ – Spinal Injuries Association
Babar Khan – 16th October .. ‘Positive Thinking’ – Rights Of Women
Florence Kendra – 16th October .. ‘Light Will Come’ – Caudwell LymeCo
Murray Bruce – 16th October .. ‘SYMPHONY’ – Horses Helping People
Sharron Vaughn – 19th October .. ‘Life Goes On’ – RSPCA
Sylvia Prewer – 19th October .. ‘You’ve heard it all before’ – Dogs Trust
Izzy Parker – 19th October .. ‘I have an imaginary friend – Jim Cronin Memorial Fund
Jim Connor – 19th October .. ‘Growing older than old’ – Daft As A Brush
Ann Wakelam – 19th October .. ‘SMILE’ – Smile Train Africa
Alan Clark – 19th October .. ‘Dot And Carrie’ – BHF
Ruth Hamlin – 21st October .. ‘The Tick’ – Caudwell LymeCo
Nikki Ellis – 21st October .. ‘Fight or Flight’ – Caudwell LymeCo
Louie Didcote – 21st October .. ‘Consideration of a Symbol’ – MIND
Jay Joshi – 21st October .. ‘The differences I face’ – Cancer Research UK
Lorraine Orange – 21st October .. ‘The Clock Is Ticking’ – Share A Star
Sharon Forsdyke – 21st October .. ‘Muscles Not Playing Ball’ – The Dystonia Society
Joanne Quinnell – 23rd October .. ‘Who’s that Stranger’ – Bendrigg Trust
Lee Rowley – 23rd October .. ‘My Wheelchair Thoughts’ – PHAB
Paige Williamson – 23rd October .. ‘What does it mean to suffer?’ – Caudwell LymeCo
Linda Wolek-Went – 23rd October .. ‘I’m Still Here’ – Pets As Therapy
Amy Millios – 23rd October .. ‘The Disappearance Of Breath’ – Spondylitis Assc. of America
Rima Bansal – 23rd October .. ‘We – The Warriors’ – NASS
Nathan Murphy – 23rd October .. ‘I’m Okay’ – Teenage Cancer Trust
Nicola Clark – 23rd October .. ‘Pain, Fatigue, Suffering’ – NASS