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# ''My dream target was £500''- an author from West Midlands has raised £3000 for charity
- URL: https://www.birminghameastside.co.uk/my-dream-target-was-500-an-author-from-west-midlands-has-raised-3000-for-charity/
- Published: 2021-06-28T14:34:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-14T10:00:17.000Z
- Author: Elina Hezalian
- Tags: West Midlands Stories, #Migrated-1786701253228, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-14 09:54

An author whose mother was affected by Parkinson’s disease has published a book about his family's journey and decided to use his book[ “Who Stole Grandma?”](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Who-Stole-Grandma-Memoir-Laughter/dp/191689240X?ref=birminghameastside.co.uk) to raise money for charity.

The heart warming book has helped Mark Lanyon to raise £3000 in less than a month.

Till the end of July the author is planning to donate all of the earnings from paperback sales and 50% of earnings from ebooks to [Parkinson's UK](https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/?ref=birminghameastside.co.uk). Mark did not expect to raise such amount of money in such short time, the author says:

> ''£3000 is a very long way past what I was aiming for. I was hoping to reach £200 through my earnings from selling ‘Who Stole Grandma?’ as an e.book or paperback on Amazon. My ‘dream target’ was £500, but I didn’t dare put that on my [Just Giving page](https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/WSG4PUK?utm%5Fsource=Twitter&utm%5Fmedium=fundraising&utm%5Fcontent=WSG4PUK&utm%5Fcampaign=pfp-tweet&utm%5Fterm=f9b9704d4d2d4ea1b367e0f51f0d2b9b).''