Our beneficiaries are the foundation of M2M. Each one of their journeys is different but they all motivate us every day to continue the work that we’re doing. We believe that telling powerful stories carries a ripple effect that can reach and inspire a much wider audience. Each beneficiary gives us consent to share their journey in order to make a difference to hundreds of others that they may never even meet.

Beneficiary Stories

Tom Carus

I remember being tackled and thinking ‘ow no, this isn’t good.’ I had broken my clavicle, dislocated my sternum, and ruptured the artery which supplies blood to the brain. As I lost consciousness, one of the parents – an off-duty medic – saved my life, using a kitchen knife to open my chest and allow air to flow....

Dan Arthur

While I work out what I want to do next, I am working in a library. As I put the books back on the shelves, I am reminded of all the stories I read as a child. I loved reading. Disappearing into another world. This is the start of a new chapter for me. Away from home, from my family, and my past. Building a life with my girlfriend....

Alice Salisbury

It came on suddenly. It was Christmas Eve, so I was surrounded by my family. My dad is a doctor, mum a nurse, and brother a neuro-scientist, so we are well versed in medicine. The consensus was that it was likely spasms. However, after seeing my foot drop, my dad became concerned. It is a sign that something is wrong with your Central Nervous System....

Adam Sharp

For as long as I can remember, rugby was my identity. Those formative years were the best of my life. The training, the fitness, the physicality, the camaraderie. I just loved it. I played for England juniors, and then semi-professionally in the U.S. and back home in Bristol, right up until the accident. ...

Charlotte Florence

Shortly before leaving for the US to celebrate her birthday with her brother, Charlotte assumed this would...

Jennifer Farley

Jenny was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition called Syringomyelia in 2007...

Jennifer Rolls

Three years ago, Jen was struggling to leave the house as she battled crippling anxiety. She describes not...

Isabel Murton

In 2016 when Issy was 16, she was involved in a bus crash, and it flipped her world upside down...

Hannah Benson

April 16th was a normal day at work for Hannah, a 5.30am wake up and out with the horses by 6.30am...

Emma Harrison

Emma has been involved with M2M since the beginning. Back in 2018, Emma reached out to Ed...

Lily Minton

In 2020 Lily was unaware that her brother had put her forward for a beneficiary place with M2M...

Jacob Smith

Christmas in 2019 wasn't an ordinary Christmas as Jake discovered he had a low flow...

Jozef Bieszczad

Jozef has always been a mountain man. From an early age he loved getting outdoors...

Leah Birkin

Leah broke and dislocated her t11 vertebrae playing rugby for Yorkshire in May 2018...

Ben Halms

Ben is a 33-year-old veteran, and he suffered a spinal cord injury in 2018 whilst...

Ruari Watson

Ruari broke his neck in 2011 when he was only 23 from slipping as he dived into a swimming pool...

Matthew Allen

Matt was admitted to hospital on the 11th December 2019 after having a bout of sickness...