{"id":40845,"date":"2024-11-15T14:19:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T14:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=40845"},"modified":"2024-12-06T12:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T12:18:46","slug":"bristol-student-raises-39000-for-two-down-syndrome-association-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2024\/11\/15\/bristol-student-raises-39000-for-two-down-syndrome-association-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol student raises \u00a339,000 for two Down Syndrome Association charities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Iris at St Paul community centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

20-year-old student from UWE, set to run her second half marathon after raising \u00a339,000 for Down’s Syndrome Association UK and Scotland with a long relay run in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iris Hammond is a Law and Business student from Somerset and organised a relay run from Lands\u2019 End to John O\u2019Groats in March last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iris has recently completed the Cardiff Half Marathon in 2hr 8min where she\u2019s raised more money for The Down’s Syndrome Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iris is set to run the Paris Half Marathon in February, and the Edinburgh Half Marathon in May, all in aid of The Down’s Syndrome Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iris is now a Down’s Syndrome Association ambassador, where her drive to change the narrative around Down’s Syndrome and raise money is still a big aspiration for Iris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The final amount raised <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Iris is currently setting up a podcast with her friend Ethan, who is a sibling of someone with Down’s Syndrome. With this podcast, Iris is trying to continue the conversation around Down’s Syndrome and educate people on what Down’s Syndrome really is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iris\u2019 aspiration is to make Run Across an annual event and to have people take part every year on March 21 for International Down’s Syndrome Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iris\u2019 charity work for the Down’s Syndrome Association UK and Scotland started last year where she organised and ran a 1,053 mile relay Run Across the UK. <\/a>The run took place over a two-week period and involved 100 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n