Ashley Beedle's Fundraiser for urgent help and ongoing care (19th November update)

Following the recent illness of beloved Ashley Beedle, a Gofund campaign has been launched.

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19th November 2024 - UPDATE

A message from Adam Dewhurst and a video from our dear Ashley

Ashley wants to thank you all from the bottom of his heart for your love and support. It's going to be a long road ahead for him and your generosity is already helping to transform what the future looks like for Ashley. Whilst he will not regain movement on his right side, his speech is recovering well and his increasing positivity is in no small part down to all of you.

We have almost reached enough funding to help in the short term with the immediate equipment and care he requires. We are aiming to get him out of his current accommodation at the rehabilitation unit in an old people's home and into specially adapted accommodation to be with his wife, Jo, as soon as it's possible in the New Year. Ashley's full term solution to his care needs will be ongoing with a team of carers visiting every day due to his physical condition for the remainder of his life.

Ashley's musical friends and peers have rallied together and next week on 27th November, we will be hosting a Dance For Ashley at the Ministry of Sound. The line-up is ridiculous and please help spread the word and come and join us for a dance if you are able to. https://ra.co/events/2031138

This week we will be releasing discounted tickets for students and those who are also facing financial difficulties to help allow those people to support and enjoy this special evening. Anybody who has also made a donation to Ashley's GoFundMe campaign are welcome to access these discounted tickets if you would like to.

For anybody in and around Leeds, Andy Hickford and Belgrave Music Hall are hosting an event for Ashley on his birthday on 25th November and friends in Ireland are hosting Dances for Ashley in both Belfast https://ra.co/events/2045743 and Dublin https://ra.co/events/2045761 on Sunday 1st December.  

Ashley's family and team also send you their deepest thanks for everything you have done to help him.

Here's a short video message from Ashley to you all

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Despite having battled with Stage 4 prostate cancer for the last 4 years and received the last treatment in October 2023, Ashley was dealt a devastating blow at the beginning of November 2023. He suffered a brain bleed and seizure due to the rupture of a brain mass and in February 2024, during a 16 hour operation to remove the mass, he suffered a major stroke that caused the loss of movement in the leg and arm on Ashley’s right-hand side and

robbed him of his power of speech.

Since recovering in Kings College’s Critical Care unit, Ashley has proved himself to be a fighter and has surmounted all odds with an incredible sense of humour and determination that has impressed everyone involved. Thanks to the extraordinary care and support from the NHS, Ashley’s speech is slowly returning, and he's been discharged from the residential rehab centre. However, he’ll remain in a room in a nursing home for the foreseeable future until suitable assisted living accommodation becomes available for him and wife, Jo via the local council housing list.

Sadly, the diagnosis is that his mobility won’t return to his right side and he will be confined to a wheelchair requiring full time carers for the majority of his activities including bathing and getting in and out of bed.

To get to this stage, Ashley and his wife have had to use all of their savings and now need our help. The GoFundMe monies will go towards providing Ashley with a secure and comfortable future with access to private physio treatment, wheelchair friendly furniture, a hospital bed for home use etc. Ashley wants you to know that he is a survivor and not a victim and he says ‘thank you’ to all of you who contribute towards the fund.

Written with the permission of Ashley Beedle and his family.