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!! GO JOE

ABOUT US In May 2020 Joseph was due to attend Buckingham Palace to receive his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. Until 1st March 2020 Joe's life was full of Club Hockey, County Cricket, A Level's, Surfing, Skiing. You name it he did it, with passion, energy, and a cheeky grin. On 1st March 2020, 18 years of energy and laughter came to an abrupt standstill when Joe was hit by a car and received a Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, from which he still hasn’t woken up. Please follow this link to read more about TBI https://www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/types-of-brain-injury/traumatic-brain-injury/ He has already successfully fought off COVID 19 and is responding to basic stimulus now he is at Leicester General Hospital but does remain in a coma. Joseph's Journey has been set up with 3 aims in mind. Firstly , we want to raise awareness of TBI and the devastating impact this can have. Secondly , by raising awareness we hope you will feel stirred to help us raise funds to help support Sharon and Joe with the path ahead. Nobody knows what the long term impact will be, but we do know that the journey could be long and costly. If our prayers are answered and the miracle of a full recovery happens, all money raised will be donated to charity. Thirdly to create a space to share things like stories, memories, photos, and fundraising achievements. This will be a place people can visit to get updates on Joe's progress, share their ideas, or just re-connect with the huge amount of love and support there is for Joe and Sharon. This resource will provide Sharon with a place to visit when she wants to play clips to Joe, show him photos and let herself be carried by those around her. If there is any way you think you can help or would like to get involved please don’t hesitate to contact Auntie Sal by completing the contact form. Thank you x

Joseph's Journey World Tour Team Presents - Dancing In The STREET At 7pm on Friday 26th February 2021, we premiered the Joseph's Journey World Tour Team's version of "Dancing In The Street" inspired by Bowie and Mick Jagger! ​ Get ready to watch some killer (and some not so slick ) dance moves in the hope of us bringing some smiles, not only to our lovely Joseph but also as a thank you to all of you, our incredible supporters ♡ RIDE THIS WAVE - SONG Our Treyarnon Bay soundtrack , written by Joe's cousin Sarah. CLICK HERE TO Download THE Lyrics

♡ We are raising money and have created a community to support Joseph with his treatment and recovery ♡ ​ In May 2020, Joseph was due to attend Buckingham Palace to receive his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. Until 1st March 2020 Joe's life was full of Club Hockey, County Cricket, A Level's, Surfing, Skiing. You name it he did it, with passion, energy, and a cheeky grin. On 1st March 2020, 18 years of energy and laughter came to an abrupt standstill when Joe was hit by a car and received a severe traumatic brain injury. ​ This brought us together as a group of family, friends and supporters, with the shared aim of trying to make a difference to Joseph's future journey. ​ READ MORE Sarah (Cousin) Joseph’s received his Duke of Edinburgh award! ❤️ A HUGE congratulations to our incredible Joe and his friends, for finally receiving their DofE awards yesterday at Buckingham Palace 🎉... Latest Update

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/ Steve's Newquay 24 from Dubai - Update 3 Play Video Steve's Newquay 24 from Dubai - Update One Play Video Steve's Newquay 24 from Dubai - Update 2 Play Video Steve's Dubai Cycle Watch Now Share Whole Channel This Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Share Channel Info Close about THE ROUTE UPDATES Newquay 24 Play Video Play Video 03:25 9. Day one is complete - Newquay 24 Play Video Play Video 01:05 8. Setting off for the last leg of day one - Newquay 24 Play Video Play Video 00:21 7. Cheering the cyclists on! - Newquay 24 Play Video Play Video 01:03 6. Setting off from Fenny Compton - Newquay 24 Play Video Play Video 01:20 5. Third stop, Fenny Compton - Newquay 24 Play Video Play Video 01:20 4. Second stop, Swinford - Newquay 24

WATCH MY JOURNEY ABOUT JOSEPH's JOURNEY We are raising money to support Joseph with his treatment and recovery. ​ In May 2020, Joseph was due to attend Buckingham Palace to receive his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. Until 1st March 2020 Joe's life was full of Club Hockey, County Cricket, A Level's, Surfing, Skiing. You name it he did it, with passion, energy, and a cheeky grin. On 1st March 2020, 18 years of energy and laughter came to an abrupt standstill when Joe was hit by a car and received a severe traumatic Brain Injury, from which he still hasn’t woken up. He has already successfully fought off COVID 19 and is responding to basic stimulus now he is at Leicester General Hospital but does remain in a coma. READ MORE Latest message from Joe's Mum Sharon! click to read more Our Treyarnon Bay soundtrack , written by Joe's cousin Sarah. Download Lyrics THE LATEST UPDATE Dear all, ​ Thank you so much, each and every one of you for your amazing support over the last few months. All of the messages and clips that people have sent in have been an incredible support for Sharon and Joe and in addition, through everyone’s generosity and time, we have raised an astonishing £30,724.75!! ​ ​ Joe is living in Adderley Green Care Home and due to the restrictions, he is still unable to receive any visitors. This has now been the situation for months, but Sharon and family continue to FaceTime daily to chat to Joe. Despite the reduced stimulation, Joe has made incredible progress, trying so hard to listen and communicate in the form of turning his lifting his head, blinking and moving his eyes and he does try to flash a smile! He really is an incredible man. ​ We hope that as soon COVID allows, extra therapy can resume and that these little steps will lead to bigger steps over the coming months. Love and best wishes, Aunt Sal, Auntie Kate, Sarah and the Joseph's Journey team xxx Click here for contact information to send your message wHATS nEXT? Joseph's Journey Goes On Tour To celebrate Joe's 19th Birthday we are going to virtually travel around the world tracking our progress and celebrate our goals with recipes and cocktails from the various countries we visit ​ You could sign up as an individual or as a family or a team, whatever works for you. Read More Here... Latest activity!

Wow- look at all the fundraising commitments we've had so far for joe!!! PAST ACHIEVEMENTS Auntie Elaine and Tina Doing the Tennis Marathon ​ Auntie Val Completing the Couch to 5k in July ​ Aunty Sal Running every day in July ​ Bob Running 5km a day in July ​ George Dog training- 31 days to train a rescue hound ​ Izzy Not saying the work 'LIKE' for a month ​ Jen Doing a 30 day plank challenge ​ Max Looking after the cats (food and litter tray!) for July ​ Nanny No chocolate in July ​ Nelson No tomato ketchup in July ​ Steph and Jake Ambitiously doing a Tennis marathon from 10am to 10pm ​ Steve Virtually cycling to Newquay (in a gym in Dubai) ​ Steve No alcohol in July ​ Steve and Major Cycling 318 miles from home to Cornwall ​ The Potts Family Selling personal belongings to raise funds for Joe ​ 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 ​ Uncle John Cycling 318 miles from home to Cornwall ​ Uncle Rich Cycling 318 miles from home to Cornwall ​ 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) past commitments 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! HIGH FIVE FOR JOE Thank you to everyone who got involved in our 5 week challenge #HighFiveForJoe ! To read more about it and have a look at some of the contributions, click here.

A Photo Album of Happy Memories for Joseph ♡ High five for joe gallery #HIGHFIVE FOR JOE! Week 1 - MOVE HIGH FIVE WEEK 2 GALLERY Week 2 - COOK Week 3 - CREATE high five create Week 4 - COMMIT high 5 commit

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!

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