A journey to HSP/FSP: August 2024

At the weekend, wearing my 'chair' hat, I hosted the 5th digital AGM of the UK HSP Support Group.

We had around 30 members attending, and covered all the usual matters. However, there was one important difference. The support group needs people to come forwards to be trustees. We specifically need one person to come forward and be our treasurer, and another person to come forward and be our secretary. Without new trustees we have have to close the charity.

People do not have to have HSP to help us, we need two things:

A passion to be able to help
Dedication to fulfil the responsibilities of the role.

If this sounds like you and you want to help, or if this sounds like someone you know please get in touch. You can leave a comment here, or contact the group by e-mail, post, telephone or through our social media channels.

You can watch all the AGM on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZMv2pLRJ7M

As we are coming up to the Paris 2024 Paralympics, I have had a quick look to see if I can find athletes who have HSP.

I started by looking at my post from the Tokyo Paralympics, and pleased to find that all but one of the athletes from there are also appearing in Paris. I have also done a search and found other athletes with HSP who are appearing.

I am busy preparing for the UK HSP Support Group AGM, which is on Saturday. So, this post is a quick list of the people I have found. Most of these athletes seem to have active instagram pages, so that has been my social media link of choice to put here.

Evan Austin (USA) https://www.instagram.com/e_a_swim/

Rebecca Hart (USA) https://www.instagram.com/rebeccahart136/

Katie Morrow (GB) https://x.com/katiemorrow56

Jade Atkin (GB) https://www.instagram.com/jadeatkin10/

Roman Polianskyi (Ukraine) https://www.instagram.com/roman_alexandrovi/

Toni Ponce (Spain) https://www.instagram.com/toni_ponce/

Laila Suzigan (Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/lailasuzigan/

Daniel Mendes (Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/danielmendess6_/

Austin Smeenk (Canada) https://www.instagram.com/austinsmeenk/

Dayna Crees (Australia) https://www.instagram.com/daynacrees__/

Arianna Talamona (Italy) https://www.instagram.com/talamona94

Milena Surreau (France) https://www.instagram.com/milena_surreau/