Author: Run 4 Feel the Force Day

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Meet the team – mandy

Meet the team
Mandy

1. tell us a bit about yourself

Hi I am Mandy I am 39 and have been a carer for 16 years

2. what’s your favourite disney character

My favourite disney character is belle I love beauty and the beast

3. why are you running to raise funds for feel the force day

I am raising funds for feel the force day because they have found a way of bringing able bodied and disabled together, where everyone is friends no one is judged or looked down on we all are in the same level xxx

4. what is the best thing about feel the force day for you

I love baking for feel the force day and seeing smiles on all the faces I love the way the celebrity guests interact with anyone who comes and talks to them.

5. tell people why they should support feel the force day

Please support these guys each year is bigger and better so many cos players come and make the young and the old smile.
Si and JJ each have there input –  together they are unstoppable xxx

 

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Meet the team – sharon

Meet the team
Sharon

1. tell us a bit about yourself

Hello I am Sharon – a massive scifi and disney fan who loves to costume. My favourtie costumes are my Stitch and Mandalorian. I have 3 kids (Rachel and Jack are grown up and Emily is 10), and we have 2 horses, 2 rabbits and a molly dog – and a Nathan (my hubby). I am an IT consultant and work with a lovely bunch of people.

2. what’s your favourite disney character

I have two .. Eeyore has always been a long time favourite, but I am kind of obsessed with Stitch ..  I love them both for different reasons.

3. why are you running to raise funds for feel the force day

Its SUCH an amazing cause and run completely by volunteers and donations. To put on a full event specifically for people with all types of disabilities is a big ask and the team do a great job. It not just about the fun, they have other organizations at the event to help people with all kinds of disabilities too.

4. what is the best thing about feel the force day for you

Being in costume and interacting with the guests. Especially people who are visually impared as Stitch is such a great costume for them to interact with. The whole experience of being there is amazing, you get to meet so many people and make good friends.

5. tell people why they should support feel the force day

I could write pages and pages of why … but I have writen a short blog post here, to explain what feel the force day is.

1 in 4 people feel awkward talking to people with a disability. One of the reasons FEEL THE FORCE DAY exists is to make it possible for guests with disabilities to enjoy a sci-fi convention / comic con in the same manner as (and I hate to use this word) a normal guest. Not all disabilities are visible and some are very visible – so the amazing team at FEEL THE FORCE DAY put on an event that EVERYONE can feel comfortable at. FTFD events are accessible for wheelchairs and scooters of all shapes and sizes, aisles are wide to allow guests with walking aids to pass, tables are at a height that chairs and shorter guests can access. There are sensory rooms and touch tables for guests with visual or hearing problems, quiet rooms for guests who are anxious, autistic and have other issues with noise and crowds. Guests are encouraged to touch props and costumes – it is a festival of sound and vision, touch and taste – something for all the senses – even if that means very quiet and one on one experience.

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How Feel the Force Day is helping

Department of Health Report into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities – sounds serious right?

 

Happy Days is an event designed to enable people with learning disabilities the opportunity to meet people from health related services at a fun event. Happy Days was held at the Peterborough Town Hall and had over 250 people attend, providing much greater reach than had previously been achieved and allowed the services to better understand their audience.

In 2014, Feel the Force Day worked with Peterborough City Council to bring Happy Days into our Peterborough event. By introducing stands from Happy Days, Feel the Force Day enabled people to access those support services in an environment designed for fun instead of trying to introduce fun in an event designed for health services.

As a result of the success achieved through the integration between Happy Days and Feel the Force Day, both have been cited as best practice within the Department of Health Report into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities, which updated on work being done to bring greater health equality to people with learning disabilities.

Read the full article here on the Feel the Force Day Page, where you can also download a copy of the report from the Department of Health (Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities: Progress Update) in easy read and full pdf format.

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What is Feel the Force Day

We talk about them a lot on this site, on twitter and facebook but What is Feel the Force Day?

One of the reasons FEEL THE FORCE DAY exists is to make it possible for guests with disabilities to enjoy a sci-fi convention / comic con in the same manner as (and I hate to use this word) normal guest. Not all disabilities are visible and some are very visible – so the amazing team at FEEL THE FORCE DAY put on an event that EVERYONE can feel comfortable at.

FTFD events are accessible for wheelchairs and scooters of all shapes and sizes, aisles are wide to allow guests with walking aids to pass, tables are at a height that chairs and shorter guests can access. There are sensory rooms and touch tables for guests with visual or hearing problems, quiet rooms for guests who are anxious, autistic and have other issues with noise and crowds. Guests are encouraged to touch props and costumes – it is a festival of sound and vision, touch and taste – something for all the senses – even if that means very quiet and one on one experience.

Feel the Force day was thought up by two lovely chaps – Simon and JJ.

Simon
The lovely Simon
JJ
The also lovely JJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They know about the daily struggles that people with disabilities have as Si’s brother Matt is in a chair and JJ works with many people with lots of disabilities including the lovely Jimmy who is blind and deaf.

 

Matt
Matt fundraising for FTFD
Jimmy
Jimmy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A group of us are running to raise money for Feel the Force Day –  6 of us are spending a weekend at Disneyland Paris running a combination of races and hoping to have run  almost 100 km between us over the weekend.

This includes 3 of us who are running the 5k – at 8pm on the Friday night, followed by the 10k – at 7am on the Saturday morning.

Last year 2 of us managed to raise over a thousand English pounds for this amazing cause and we would love to raise a similar amount this year.

The money we raised was ploughed straight into the event – 6000 people attended the event last year and thanks to the donations they receive and the money we raised it allowed the low ticket price of £4 and all carers attended free. When you consider big comic cons and events in London and elsewhere around the country charge approx. £20 per adult (and carers have to buy a ticket) child tickets are not much cheaper and there are little to no facilities for guests that may need extra help or accessibility.

We are SO passionate about this cause and so are the people who are running alongside me. If you can help in anyway please head over to our just giving page – http://bit.ly/run4ftfd17 and share this post if you can to help us raise more money.

Thank you so much for your support

#TEAMRUN4FTFD

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More bibs released tomorrow

[Breaking news]  from the Run Disney France Page:

New bibs will go on sale Wednesday the 19th of July (Paris time), through this link : book-run.disneylandparis.com

Stay tuned!

They don’t say when .. or what time .. so keep your eyes on the website 🙂

Happy BIB hunting 😀

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A few bibs are available if you are fast

If you still need a BIB .. get in quick as of just now (11:57 am UK time) there are only 63 x 10k and 33x 5k bibs left !!! Kids races are sold out #run4ftfd #rundisney

A set of Bibs was released last night at 10:30pm UK time – and there are not many left … so if you need a bib get to it right now, there is no news if another batch is likely to be released – this may be your last chance.

 

 

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2017 Paris Medals are revealed

WOW they are great .. following a fairytale theme and featuring the 25th anniversary the full set look stunning.er

  • Kids races feature mickey
  • 5k Lumière – following on from last years paris theme of Ratatouille – BUT this year the 5k medal will be metal
  • 10k Flora, Fauna and Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty in front of her castle
  • Half – Mickey running in front of the castle
  • Bibbidi bobbidi boo challange (10k / half) feature Cinderella’s fairy godmother and the pumpkin
  • Castle to Chateau for those who have run a US run Disney half and the Paris half is an amazing piece of bling to be had.

Can’t wait to see them for real at the expo – You can read the full story on the Disney Parks Blog here
Of course more news as we get it 🙂

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10k bibs are also a sell out

At just gone 6:30pm the official run disney france twitter account announced that thw 10k race was also sold out. If you haven’t already got your bib by now unfortunately you won’t be racing in the 10k.

The challange medal race for the 10k & half is also a sell out, so it just looks like half bibs are left, but for how long?

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