Fundraising stories

My name is Ewan Crawford and I am fundraising for PID UK by competing in the Kintyre Way Ultramarathon in memory of my mother. Running with me are Julie and Gary Cockburn. We are all keen trail runners and have competed in many races prior to registering for this event, which is scheduled to

I took part in the Great North Run in September 2018. It was my first running event. Two weeks later I completed a half marathon in Dumfries, raising money for PID UK. My son, Bailey, was diagnosed with Bruton’s agammaglobulinemia (also called X-linked agammaglobulinemia) at a young age. Present at birth (congenital), the condition is characterised

I have always been a keen runner, enjoying the occasional half marathon, but I hadn’t run for five years owing to getting married and either being pregnant or having small children to care for. I gave birth to my baby girl in January 2018, and aware I was turning 40 in April 2019, I

I ran in the Paisley 10k for PID UK in 2018 following my CVID diagnosis four years ago. I crossed the finish line after 57 minutes. I can definitely run faster than I could 12 months ago, given all the training I’ve done. I started running and training about a year ago and try

I ran the 10K great Manchester run on Sunday the 20th May 2018; this is my first ever time to join such great activity. I did it in 1 hour and 17 mins and 7 secs. It was a hot day and I was fasting: so was a great challenge! I am an immunology

'I completed the Yorkshire Marathon in October in a time of 3 hours 55 minutes. I spent the few months before it out running, but it was not enough and was a major mental and physical challenge on the day. I ran for PID UK to raise money and awareness for primary immune conditions

The first weekend in July 2017, Daryl and his friend David took on the Cotsworld Way 100k Challenge to raise funds for PID UK.  The trek took place over two days from Bath to Cheltenham. Daryl’s daughter was diagnosed with Hyper IgE syndrome in 2015 and it is because of this diagnosis that Daryl

In May 2017, the 4 Non Blondes cycled 250 km from London to Amsterdam and raised over £8,500 for PID UK.  This is their story told by Helen Smith who is one of the 4 Non Blonde team. The 4 Non Blondes are formed A couple of weeks into January 2017, 3 friends and

"Last year my good friend Sandeep said how he wanted to run a marathon... after me calling him foolish we started to think about this, what could he do so that he had to go through with it. So we came up with fundraising for PID UK. Sanders asked me to help the fundraising

I took part in the Manchester Run with my brother, Kev, in May this year. Our uncle, Chris Madden had suffered with immune deficiency for many years and sadly passed away in November 2015. We decided to run for PID UK in his memory and to raise money to support other families that have