My Activity Tracking
My tracker shows my steps for the 8 days of the challenge from 26th March to 2nd April. My goal progression shows all my steps including any I have done outside of the challenge days.
My Target: 35000 Steps
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Goal Progression
Steps walked so far:
39,047 steps
My Target:
35,000 steps
39,047
I'm walking for Autism Initiatives
I'll be walking 5000+ steps a day from 24th March to 1st April to raise money for this fantastic charity. Please can you sponsor me.
Any donation big or small will be greatly appreciated 😊
My achievements
Added profile picture
Shared page
First donation received
Raised £20 t-shirt is on its way
50% fundraising target
100% fundraising target
Challenge completed
My updates
When the 'School Run' Became a Battlefield: Why I’m Walking
Monday 30th MarIve spent over 20 years both as a Youth Worker and a SEN classroom assistant, but I never truly understood the reality until neurodiversity arrived at my own front door.
Three years ago, my world changed. My youngest daughter who was aged 9 at the time, once a happy-go-lucky-kid began to disappear into a world of distress and shutdown. The "school run" wasn't just a challenge; it was a trauma. I watched her hang onto me, sobbing as if she were being abducted, physically unable to move toward the school’s front door. The lack of empathy and indeed support from various teachers and principals was astonishing.
For me, the shift from a professional to the parent was brutal (a single parent at that with little to no respite for myself), and I was forced to give up my job to manage morning meltdowns and protect my daughter’s mental health- as it took a gradual nose dive, in the worst possible way you can imagine, but that’s a different story all in itself; However, after around 18 months of heartache and total uncertainty, we are finally embracing our family life in a new way.
But the journey hasn’t stopped there! Between both my daughter’s experiences, I began to see the same AuADHD traits within myself!
I found myself down a "Rabbit Hole" and wanting to fight for better awareness. Living in Northern Ireland, I quickly discovered the staggering lack of services and support—not just for our children, but for adults navigating this path too. What started as a personal crisis has become a "hyper-focus" and a passion.
I am walking these 32,000 steps to acknowledge and highlight the injustices we face in a society and a system that isn't built for us.
With 10 Feet on the Ground, I’m hitting the paths and trials with my dogs Charlie and Luna, along with my own two feet to raise awareness for the families in NI who are still in the middle of that "heartache phase." We might have missed a few days due to "real life" and the Belfast rain, but we will make them up and will finish this walk strong and proud.
For us, the walk doesn't end after 8 days—the fight for support and understanding continues every single day.
So, thank you for supporting us. Every penny helps shine a light on neurodiversity in our community. Absolutely more awareness and training needs done for parents, teachers and workplaces… everywhere really! 🧩
Thank you to my donors
£30
Dad & Clare
£20
Christine Brennan
Very good luck xxxx
£20
Shauna Mc Cormick
£20
Magz
Absolutely smashing it misses. So so proud of you and for an amazing cause I know is so close to your heart. Love you! 💕🌈
£20
Louise Gray
Well done 💪
£20
Laura Mulholland
Right behind ya all the way nichola from laura and lucy
£11.33
Aisling
Well done Nicola x
£11.33
Mark
Good luck Nic
£11.33
Big Cuz Kieran
Well done Nic 👏
£11.09
Tracy Davis
Good luck Nichola xx lots of love Tracy
£10
Anonymous
Great cause ! Good luck !!
£10
Nichola Healy
Good luck luv so proud of you x
£10
Patricia Madden
Good luck Nichola 😁 we know you will complete this challenge as it’s a cause that is so close to your heart 💖 Tricia & Raymund xxx
£10
Fee
£10
Emma O’neill
This is such an amazing cause that is very close to my heart. Thank you so much for doing this selfless act of sheer kindness. You and your girls are amazing. Well done love xxx
£10
Martina O'neill
Wow! What an incredible & selfless act of kindness babes but this doesn't surprise me as you always put the needs of others before your own ❤️ i know you will smash this babes💪 xx
£5
Siobhan
Good going for a great cause ❤️
£5
Caoimhe
Go on ya good thing!!
Well done Nichola. Keep going❤️xx