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Newquay 24 – The bike ride ​ Come rain (lots of it!) or shine Joe just loves Cornwall. Surfing by day and music by night, over the years this has become a pilgrimage each August for Joe and his family and friends. Joe might not be able to make his journey this year but to keep this strong tradition going a group of us plan to cycle from Nottingham to Cornwall spending 24 hours in the saddle between 1st to 4th August. The route now planned, takes in Glastonbury and Boardmasters before arriving at his favourite surf beach at Treyarnon Bay at 1 pm on 4th August. ​ We would love to have more people join us on the ride so are hoping some of you might feel inspired to plan a route from your home to Treyarnon Bay, join us from Nottingham, or join us for a bit at the beginning or the end of the route. Whatever you want to do would be wonderful. For those cycling from Nottingham, 459KM is not something to be taken lightly and initial training is proving quite challenging especially on the bottom!. Our hope is to raise some funds to support Joe in his recovery and to use Newquay 24 to encourage others to take on a task they too might find challenging in support of Joe’s Journey. ​ ​ About. Go to About The Route Updates THE CYCLE WILL START ON THE 1ST AUGUST AND FINISH ON 4TH AUGUST AT 1PM ON TREYARNON BAY, CORNWALL If you can’t be there, don’t worry! Do what you can from where you live! We will post all your marvelous efforts via Strava and Photos to our social media and website. ​ Please believe every mile counts. THE ROUTE. Distance - 184km / 114 miles Ascent - 940 metres Decent - 880 metres Day 1 Distance - 156km / 97 miles Ascent - 670 metres Decent - 820 metres Day 2 Distance - 124km / 77 miles Ascent - 1,240 metres Decent - 1,140 metres Day 3 Distance - 64km / 40 miles Ascent - 500 metres Decent - 620 metres Day 4 LATEST UPDATES . As there are so many things happening over the next week, we will be updating this section every evening with the highlights of the day but unfortunately, we can't guarantee that all videos and stories will be uploaded straight away. ​ For the most up to date updates on this story, including live content- please go to our facebook page here; ​ https://www.facebook.com/pg/josephsjourney5/

Joseph's Journey Goes On Tour ​ Hi Everyone, ​ On the 23rd December Joseph turned 19, so the fund raising theme for 2021 will be 19…… ​ As of the 23rd December we have all raised a mind blowing £30,724.75. We are totally humbled by everyone’s contributions of time, support and love for Sharon and Joe. Joseph is making small steps of progress and does try to smile at his Mum on their daily FaceTime calls. All of your messages and activity make such a difference to Joe as he is unable to see people in person, keeping in contact is even more of a challenge. ​ Joseph’s dream following his A-Levels was to take a year off and travel, he had many places he wanted to visit – actually he has a huge list! ​ ​ As a team of Joe’s friends and family we are going to travel virtually around the world, taking in his favourite places. ​ We will track our progress and follow our journey on a map of the world. ​ Mileage can be achieved through, walking, running, cycling, horse riding, swimming, skate boarding…. Absolutely anything at all that doesn’t have a motor! ​ We will update weekly on our progress and everyone will be able to update their personal mileage achievements. ​ If we manage to get 25 people signed up and be part of the team, the goal would be an average of 19 miles per week for each person or team/family to get around the world before Joe reaches his 20th Birthday. ​ On route we will celebrate our landmark goals with recipes and cocktails from the various countries and we can use this team event to share with Joe our clips and messages from our virtual travels. ​ You will receive postcards along route 😊 ​ There is no pressure to achieve 19 miles per week, we have picked 19 for Josephs 19th Birthday. This is purely a team event and all miles will add up. For the cyclists amongst the team, they hopefully will be able to achieve a few more than 19 and then the walkers can enjoy a more leisurely challenge! ​ PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SIGN UP. ​ We are aiming to start on January 1st, 2021. We are just working through a few technicalities of how to run the challenge in the most effective way. Any ideas on this would be really welcome, the running of the website is quite a mission and if anyone techy would like to help us with updates, we would love the support. ​ You could sign up as an individual or as a family or a team, whatever works for you. ​ We are suggesting a donation of £19 to participate, however, this is only a suggestion as everyone has already been so generous with their time and contributions, the key to this challenge is just to join in! ​ Our goal here is to raise awareness for Joe and to be able to share our adventures with him to help him feel connected to all his friends and supporters at this impossible time. ​ Once we have plotted the exact route, we will email you the plan and let you know the best way to collate our mileage. ​ Please email us or message via Facebook and we will sign you up! ​ All the high fives, videos, messages and all the fund-raising activity in the summer was an incredible achievement and Sharon and Joseph absolutely loved following everyone’s activities. ​ We really, really want to start 2021 with this challenge and we need as many friends as possible to come together to make this happen. Who knows, we might get around the world in 80 Days! ​ Thank you so much for reading. ​ Love and best wishes ​ Aunt Sal, Auntie Kate, Sarah and the whole of the JJ Team. XX VIDEO UPDATES! 1st April Update - THE FINISH LINE! 7th February Update - an update from Fin and Sal 24th January Update - an update from Fin 14th January Update - an update from Fin 13th January Update - an update from Sal 9th January Update - an update from Sal and Rich

i s about us all pulling together for four days to support one person (Joe) with fundraising activities from 1st to 4th of August. If you can commit to 1, 2, 3, or an amazing 4 days of fundraising we need to hear from you. If you want to run, cycle, tell jokes, play a team event, fly a kite, dance, sing, bake, clean cars, help a neighbour... anything that you're proud of, then use this platform to help Joe on his journey. This is following Sophie & Henry’s amazing cycling exploits in May and the tremendous array of activities from you all in support of the ‘High Five for Joe’ in June. Some amazing videos and pictures so please keep these coming! If you have not seen them, please click this link. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ So... what’s the plan? All Four One ARTIST / BAND SONG Submit Thanks for submitting! Vibes to bring us together - Please start creating your lockdown anthems as we are compiling a J oseph’s Journey Playlist to download, and it can’t all be the Stereophonics and the Hunna! The first event - Newquay 24. 24 hours in the saddle for some Lycra clad lunies from home to Newquay CLICK HERE FOR NEWQUAY 24 DETAILS GO JOE!! the challenge for those not doing Newquay 24. (come on team we can do this) CLICK HERE FOR GO JOE!!

MOVE Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 #HIGHFIVE FOR JOE! For 5 weeks from June 2020, we set a challenge a week with the aim of doing something all together... and we were overwhelmed by the response. Week 1 saw so many of us "Moving for Joe" with fabulous pictures, videos and messages of support posted for us all to enjoy- Thank you x We hope this will continue to create a feeling of mutual support and we will enjoy seeing and sharing photos of us all, as well as raising a few pounds for those of you that can be sponsored for the activities. There will be a gallery of our efforts for Sharon to share with Joe. Please email any pictures and stories to info.josephsjourney@gmail.com and when you post on social media please tag us @josephsjourney5 and use the hashtag #highfiveforjoe so we can share what you've done! Cook Create COMMIT Share MOVE! This week our challenge is Move! Joe loves to be active, so please can you get moving, if you can walk, run, swim, bike, play sport, climb, scoot! Anything fun and active and please send the footage to us and tag us on social media. If there is a bit of commentary, then fantastic because Joseph will love to hear people's voices. Thank you xx WEEK 1 (8th to 14th June) CHECK OUT THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS COOK This week our challenge is Cook! Joe loves food. The dishes he enjoys most are Nando's, Steaks, Curries and BBQ`s, so this weeks challenge is to share your pics or footage of you cooking one of Joe's favourite dishes and raising a glass to Joe and Sharon. Please send your photos and videos to us and tag us on social media using #highfiveforjoe If there is a bit of commentary, then fantastic because Joseph will love to hear people's voices. Thank you xx WEEK 2 (15th to 21st June) CHECK OUT THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS CREATE! This week our challenge is Create! So Joe's team- please share with us your lockdown creative skills. Art, Music, Card Tricks, Juggling, Bread Baking, Veg Growing, Hair Cutting?! Anything at all to get creative! Please send us your photos, tag us on social media and be sure to use the hashtag #highfiveforjoe Thank you xx WEEK 3 (22nd to 28st June) CHECK OUT THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS COMMIT This week our challenge is Commit! Only two weeks left of #highfiveforjoe. Its been so wonderful and uplifting for all of us involved, and we know Joe and Sharon have loved seeing us all doing our stuff. ​ This week is all about preparing for the All Four One challenge from 1st to 4th August. Uncle Rich will be riding, Auntie Sally will be surfing, Nanny will be nattering. What could you do...? ​ Please send your photos and videos of what you are committing to do, so we can all see each others ideas and support each other. Don't forget to tag us on social media using #highfiveforjoe If you're not sure what to do or where to start, then check in regularly to see everyone else's ideas and get some inspiration. If there is a bit of commentary, then fantastic because Joseph will love to hear people's voices. Thank you xx ​ I f you're looking to do something as a team and want to make it an open invitation for others to join, please let us know so we can help spread the word. WEEK 4 (29th June to 5th July) CHECK OUT THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS Share This week our challenge is Share! The last four weeks have been so overwhelming- full of love, support and energy shown by everyone who got involved. Amazing! Please keep your #highfiveforjoe stories coming in, and updates on the commitments (for those who have made them so far) This week is about sharing. Its driven by your experiences of Joe or this journey. This could be an anecdote about times together, or your own story to support Joe. We want to hear from you whether that be your written message, your voice or your video. Please help us share with Joe and Sharon. We want to hear about the things you've done, what you're doing, inspirational stories of support, what you miss or can't wait to do. The things you hope for and most importantly the things you want Joe to hear. Please send us your video's, voice memo's, songs, poems written words etc. and tag us on social media being sure to use the hashtag #highfiveforjoe Thank you xx WEEK 5 (6th to 12th July)

THE STORY SO FAR On 1st May 2020 we launched this website and the social media platforms with the three aims of : ​ ​ Raising awareness of TBI Raising funds to help support Sharon and Joe with the path ahead, and To create a space to share things like stories, memories, photos, and fundraising achievements. ​ Josephs Journey began three months ago with an incredible 200 km bike ride from Sophie and phase 1 finished last week with Newquay 24 - another amazing effort from Uncle Steve (in Dubai), Uncle Rich, Uncle John, Major who cycled 510 km's and were joined for the last leg by Sarah and Steve. Many people also got involved in the GO JOE!! fundraising which ran alongside the cycle challenge with events such as Ten To Ten Tennis. ​ In between the rides we have seen huge support from some of Joe's sporting teams such as Tutbury Tigers, and also for our #Highfiveforjoe campaign with so many of you taking part and sharing your clips of the Move, Cook, Create, Commit and Share challenges. The social media shares have really brought us together as a group and have been so valuable for Sharon and Joe during his time in hospital. With everyone's help we have totally achieved the aim of reaching out to support Sharon during what has been a long period of isolation at Joseph's bedside during the Covid lock-down. ​ Thank you to each and everyone of you for your amazing support and generosity over the last three months. We are thrilled to announce that with funds still to come in, everyone's fundraising and donations has us currently at an overwhelming... ​ ​ ​ £32,909.91

28th May 2020 ​ Although Joseph has made incredible progress and is now able to breathe independently and appears to be responding to people's voices, sadly he still hasn't woken up yet. He remains in a Coma but is definitely making small but positive steps forward.

GET INVOLVED Joseph's Journey Goes On Tour ​ Hi Everyone, ​ On the 23rd December Joseph turned 19, so the fund raising theme for 2021 will be 19…… ​ As of the 23rd December we have all raised a mind blowing £30,724.75. We are totally humbled by everyone’s contributions of time, support and love for Sharon and Joe. Joseph is making small steps of progress and does try to smile at his Mum on their daily FaceTime calls. All of your messages and activity make such a difference to Joe as he is unable to see people in person, keeping in contact is even more of a challenge. ​ Joseph’s dream following his A-Levels was to take a year off and travel, he had many places he wanted to visit – actually he has a huge list! ​ ​ As a team of Joe’s friends and family we are going to travel virtually around the world, taking in his favourite places. ​ We will track our progress and follow our journey on a map of the world. ​ Mileage can be achieved through, walking, running, cycling, horse riding, swimming, skate boarding…. Absolutely anything at all that doesn’t have a motor! ​ We will update weekly on our progress and everyone will be able to update their personal mileage achievements. ​ If we manage to get 25 people signed up and be part of the team, the goal would be an average of 19 miles per week for each person or team/family to get around the world before Joe reaches his 20th Birthday. ​ On route we will celebrate our landmark goals with recipes and cocktails from the various countries and we can use this team event to share with Joe our clips and messages from our virtual travels. ​ You will receive postcards along route 😊 ​ There is no pressure to achieve 19 miles per week, we have picked 19 for Josephs 19th Birthday. This is purely a team event and all miles will add up. For the cyclists amongst the team, they hopefully will be able to achieve a few more than 19 and then the walkers can enjoy a more leisurely challenge! ​ PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SIGN UP. ​ We are aiming to start on January 1st, 2021. We are just working through a few technicalities of how to run the challenge in the most effective way. Any ideas on this would be really welcome, the running of the website is quite a mission and if anyone techy would like to help us with updates, we would love the support. ​ You could sign up as an individual or as a family or a team, whatever works for you. ​ We are suggesting a donation of £19 to participate, however, this is only a suggestion as everyone has already been so generous with their time and contributions, the key to this challenge is just to join in! ​ Our goal here is to raise awareness for Joe and to be able to share our adventures with him to help him feel connected to all his friends and supporters at this impossible time. ​ Once we have plotted the exact route, we will email you the plan and let you know the best way to collate our mileage. ​ Please email us or message via Facebook and we will sign you up! ​ All the high fives, videos, messages and all the fund-raising activity in the summer was an incredible achievement and Sharon and Joseph absolutely loved following everyone’s activities. ​ We really, really want to start 2021 with this challenge and we need as many friends as possible to come together to make this happen. Who knows, we might get around the world in 80 Days! ​ Thank you so much for reading. ​ Love and best wishes ​ Aunt Sal, Auntie Kate, Sarah and the whole of the JJ Team. XX Here's the route!!

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FUNDRAISING STORIES HIGH FIVE FOR JOE For 5 weeks from June 2020, we set a challenge a week with the aim of doing something all together with a theme each week and we were overwhelmed by the response. ​ Read more here NEWQUAY 24 In August 2020 a group of family and friends tackled the ambitious cycle from Nottingham to Cornwall spending 24 hours in the saddle between 1st to 4th August. ​ Read more here WORLD TOUR Joseph’s dream following his A-Levels was to take a year off and travel, he had many places he wanted to visit – actually he has a huge list! As a team of Joe’s friends and family we travelled virtually around the world, taking in his favourite places. We tracked our progress and followed our journey on a map of the world. ​ Read more here ​ ​ ​ ALL FOUR ONE All Four One was about us all pulling together for four days to support one person (Joe!) with fundraising activities from 1st to 4th of August. ​ Read more here Personal CHALLENGES As well as our main projects, we were overwhelmed by all of the individual commitments made by Joseph's friends, family and supporters to fundraise for his ongoing recovery. ​ Read more here

GET INVOLVED Newquay 24 – The bike ride Come rain (lots of it!) or shine Joe just loves Cornwall. Surfing by day and music by night, over the years this has become a pilgrimage each August for Joe and his family and friends. Joe might not be able to make his journey this year but to keep this strong tradition going a group of us plan to cycle from Nottingham to Newquay spending 24 hours in the saddle between 1st to 4th August. The route now planned, takes in Glastonbury and Boardmasters before arriving at his favourite surf beach at Treyarnon Bay. 459KM is not something to be taken lightly and initial training is proving quite challenging especially on the bottom!. Our hope is to raise some funds to support Joe in his recovery and to use Newquay 24 to encourage others to take on a task they too might find challenging in support of Joe’s Journey. ​ More information and details to be announced in the coming weeks. HIGH FIVE ​ ​ For the next 5 weeks we will be setting a challenge a week so you can give Joe a high five! CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND MORE INFORMATION OTHER ways to support us ​ ​ Check back here soon to see how people have supported us and to get other ideas for your fundraising

Wow- look at all the fundraising commitments we've had so far for joe!!! Steve No Alcohol in July Uncle Rich Cycling 318 miles from home to Cornwall Max Looking after the cats (food and litter tray!!) for July Steve Virtually cycling to Newquay (in a gym in Dubai) Uncle John Cycling 318 miles from home to Cornwall The Potts Family Selling personal belongings to raise funds for Joe Auntie Elaine and Tina Doing the Tennis Marathon Jen Doing a 30 day plank challenge Steve and Major Cycling 318 miles from home to Cornwall Auntie Sal Running every day in July Bob Running 5km a day in July Steph and Jake Ambitiously doing a Tennis marathon from 10am to 10pm Nanny No chocolate in July Nelson No tomato Ketchup in July Auntie Val Completing the couch to 5km in July George Dog training- 31 days to train a rescue hound Izzy Not saying the word "LIKE" Uncle Brian Learning to ride a bike after 25 years out of the saddle, so he can bike the last 7 miles to Treyarnon Bay And a massive Thank you to everyone who's helped us get this far. We appreciate every penny, but sorry we can't include everyone so heres a small selection of people who've contribute to the journey so far... (We will keep adding stories to this page) Thank you Tutbury Tigers!! The amazing Tutbury Tigers have thrown their full support behind Joe starting with a Pass it on Challenge followed by members of the adult team completing 100 km each, running or cycling within 30 days. Thank you so much Tutbury Tigers Nick Steeles virtual west highland way run !!! Nick Steele taking on a virtual "West Highland Way". His aim was to run 95 miles in 9.5 days in support of Joe. Whats even more amazing is that Nick has never met Joe, but that didn't stop him giving us fabulous daily updates and achieving his goal 36 hrs ahead of schedule. Healthcare at home!!! 16 of Sharons friends and work colleagues did 26 mile journey- on foot. Healthcare at Home sponsored every person who took part £40. A wonderful sum of money was raised for Sharon and Joe Hardy Signs!!! Thanks you to Tom Hardy for kindly designing and donating a banner for our fundraising activities WELL DONE SOPHIE AND HENRY!!! In May Sophie Carlton-Greaves and her brother, Henry decided to cycle 200km in 7 days raise money to support Joseph's recovery journey. Not an easy challenge and no one imagined the support they’d receive. Unbelievably over £9000 was raised!