Supporting causes
Page updated: 06/10/2023
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Helen Owen - ICP Support
Name: Helen Owen
Section: Adult Safeguarding Team
Department: Communities
Charity: ICP Support
What: Walking Yr Wyddfa by night, with a group all raising money for and awareness of ICP Support. We will be starting our accent at 11pm, so I will be nicely shattered before we even start and then the idea is we will be descending to see the sun rise. I know for many people this walk is quite achievable, but it is definitely a challenge for me, and I have been getting in lots of practice to prepare myself.
When: 7 June at 11pm until 8 June when we make it back down.
Why: I am a Trustee of ICP Support which is a small charity that means a huge amount to my family having had the worry of ICP (Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy) in pregnancy with both my children. Both scary experiences in different ways, with Rosie we didn’t know what the condition was, how it should be manged or the risks it presents, and with Jacob he was so poorly after birth. Beyond our family they fund research, help write guidelines, raise awareness and support countless others through the challenge that is ICP. In severe cases, ICP can lead to stillbirth and the charity goal is to ensure every ICP baby is born safely. If you have never heard of ICP, have a read as we had never heard of it before I was diagnosed (https://www.icpsupport.org/).