{"id":44037,"date":"2024-07-12T16:03:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T15:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=44037"},"modified":"2024-07-12T16:03:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T15:03:15","slug":"congratulations-rob-dad-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/congratulations-rob-dad-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Rob! Dad of the year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Pride of Wales Dad of the Year 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44038 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pride-of-Wales.jpg?resize=300%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pride-of-Wales.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pride-of-Wales.jpg?resize=1024%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pride-of-Wales.jpg?resize=150%2C87&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pride-of-Wales.jpg?resize=768%2C448&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pride-of-Wales.jpg?w=1098&amp;ssl=1 1098w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/175;\" \/>Nation Radio holds Pride of Wales awards every year where people are nominated in 17 categories. The winner of\u00a0 Dad of the year for 2024 is Rob Messenger, carer of a son with severe ME, advocate, fundraiser and friend of WAMES.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44039 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rob-Messenger.jpg?resize=300%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rob-Messenger.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rob-Messenger.jpg?resize=150%2C116&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rob-Messenger.jpg?resize=768%2C595&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rob-Messenger.jpg?w=830&amp;ssl=1 830w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/232;\" \/>Rob&#8217;s son Cerith was diagnosed with M.E. at the age of 11 and is still confined to a dark room twenty years later. Striving to be a voice for his son, Rob rose to the challenge and is speaking out for those suffering with M.E. and long covid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nationradio\/videos\/850198189775953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the video<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/500-miles-for-me-carer-robs-fundraising-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">500 miles for ME: Carer Rob\u2019s fundraising challeng<\/a>e!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/500-miles-for-me-carer-rob-raises-1000-for-wames\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">500 miles for ME: Carer Rob raises \u00a31,000 for WAMES!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/robs-500miles4me-awareness-raising-reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob&#8217;s #500miles4ME awareness raising reflections<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/robs-500miles4me-awareness-raising-with-dr-nina-muirhead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob&#8217;s #500miles4ME awareness raising with Dr Nina Muirhead<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/robs-500miles4me-awareness-raising-with-physio-karen-leslie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob&#8217;s #500miles4ME awareness raising with physio Karen Leslie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pride of Wales Dad of the Year 2024 &nbsp; Nation Radio holds Pride of Wales awards every year where people are nominated in 17 categories. The winner of\u00a0 Dad of the year for 2024 is Rob Messenger, carer of a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/congratulations-rob-dad-of-the-year\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-bsh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44041,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44037\/revisions\/44041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}