Raised: 292%
Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £1,460.00
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My story

 

It's been a while since I last did any fundraising - or even any real exercise! - as the last couple of years have been focussed on our wedding and then the birth of our first child Max in October 2008.

The Great North Swim is my first small step towards doing a little bit more for other people again.  As before, I am raising money for Marie Curie Cancer Care - this time by competing in the Great North Swim in Lake Windermere (at 9:30am on Sunday 13th September).

Any donations, no matter how small, will be very gratefully received and I am very thankful to all of you for your generosity both now and previously.

To make things a little more interesting, I am also quitting smoking!  Obviously the two are linked since I would rather not drown in Windermere.  If you'd like to help, you can sponsor me to give up smoking at www.justgiving.com/TomBottomleyQuits - the challenge here is to give up from 1st August 2009 until the swim on 13th September 2009 ... and my promise is that I will repay ALL sponsorship raised at the above address if I fail (MCCC still get their money but I will pay).

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Thank you again for all your help.

Tom

Good luck Tom! Donation by James Stones 09/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck Tom! Donation by stephen moore 09/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Don't forget to breath! Donation by Mark Brant 09/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Where are the hat and tails? Best of Luck, hope you get further than you did in Wales... Rob & Virginie Donation by Rob Aitken 09/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good on you Tom! Best of luck :) Donation by Victoria Martinez 09/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Best of luck Tom! Donation by Steve Gowland 09/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good luck Tom Donation by Samantha Goulding 09/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck - rather you than me! Donation by Emma Gibbs 09/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck Tom....I hope Windermere has warmed up a little since I had a quick dip in it last week!!!! Donation by Richard Ashton 09/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Tom, Good luck mate and glad to see you are still up to your crazy stunts for Marie Curie Donation by Simon Jones 09/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

All the best! Donation by Phil Richards 09/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good work Tom. We should get together soon Donation by Marcus Beale 09/09/09  

£50.00

All the best you nutter!! Andy, Caroline & Evie. Donation by Andy Miller 26/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck Tom Best Wishes, Rob & Edwina Donation by Robert Gudgeon 23/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Swim well and good luck! Donation by stephen atkins 18/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good to see you are at it again... Good Luck. Donation by The Carters 17/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck Tom! Donation by John Langley 13/08/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~Thomas Jefferson Best of Luck! Donation by Marie Grant 13/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck Tom Donation by Sarah Evans 13/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Let's hope all those Little Splashers sessions have paid off! Good luck and lots of love from Claire & Max xxx Donation by Claire Bottomley 01/08/09  

£20.00
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* Total raised online: £1,135.00
  Offline donations: £325.00
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £266.54

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