{"id":3192,"date":"2023-04-06T10:04:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T10:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/?p=3192"},"modified":"2023-04-17T13:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:08:15","slug":"sampson-park-and-bostock-step-up-for-autism-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/sampson-park-and-bostock-step-up-for-autism-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Sampson Park and Bostock Step Up For Autism Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Walk-for-Autism-1024x808.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Walk-for-Autism-1024x808.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Walk-for-Autism-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Walk-for-Autism-768x606.png 768w, https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Walk-for-Autism.png 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dedicated colleagues and people supported at Sampson Park and Bostock clocked up over 240,000 steps as part of a Walk For Autism fundraiser.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scheme Manager Annabelle Turner and 19 team members across the two services signed up for the eight-day challenge, where they pledged to do 10,000 steps a day each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excitingly, Heather, Jamie, Megan and Shannon, who are supported at the services, also chose to join as part of Team Sampson Park and Bostock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Annabelle, everyone went over and above to ensure they did their bit. They\u2019ve already raised over \u00a3150, with more donations coming in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annabelle said: \u201cIt\u2019s fair to say that Walk For Autism pushed many of us far outside our comfort zones!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were doing laps around the bungalow and car park just to get the correct number of steps in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat was fantastic, though, was how much the people we support got into the challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey were finding us to ask when we were going walking and joining in when we were doing the emergency steps to boost our totals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sampson-Park-walk-1024x808.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sampson-Park-walk-1024x808.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sampson-Park-walk-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sampson-Park-walk-768x606.png 768w, https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sampson-Park-walk.png 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The group was so determined to achieve their goals that some stayed up late at night to walk valuable steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it hasn\u2019t put them off, as they are already looking to their next charity challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annabelle said: \u201cIt meant a lot to us to raise funds for people living with autism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve decided to do a regular walking session to keep up our fitness, especially as the people we support enjoyed it so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHeather lives with autism, and she was so pleased to know the fundraiser was to help people like her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s now talking about us doing The Race For Life and planning next year\u2019s Walk For Autism, so we won\u2019t be slowing down!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swanton has donated \u00a3100 to the Sampson Park and Bostock fundraiser in recognition of the group\u2019s excellent achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to donate, please go to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkforautism.co.uk\/fundraisers\/sampsonparkbostock\">fundraising page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dedicated colleagues and people supported at Sampson Park and Bostock clocked up over 240,000 steps as part of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,20],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3197,"href":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3192\/revisions\/3197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swantoncare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}