Tanya Johnston is fundraising for St Cuthbert's Hospice

Bridge End Surgery

Bridge End Surgery, 12 hour indoor row

on 11/11/2009

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Team members:

All the staff at Bridge End Surgery

Raising money for

St Cuthbert's Hospice

Charity Registration No. 519767

St Cuthbert's Hospice has provided care and support to the people of Durham and Chester le Street who suffer from life limiting conditions, as well as their families and carers, for 21 years.

One in three people will be affected by a Hospice in some way, so the work we do affects all corners of the community. Our philosophy at St Cuthbert's Hospice is to help local people with life limiting illnesses experience greater quality of life, allowing them to make the most of each day. St Cuthbert's Hospice helps around 80 local families each month, and for these people, the Hospice is a source of comfort, reassurance and strength.

Whether this is by providing pain relief and symptom management, or by offering a peaceful place to stay and a range of activities, the emphasis at St. Cuthbert's is on empowerment and making every day count. We operate a Day Hospice, a ten-bed In Patient Unit and a range of therapies and treatments.

As a registered charity, we make no charge for our services and rely on the support of the local community to raise the further £1 million each year that is needed to continue to provide our special kind of care.

In September 2006 we opened the new 10 bedded In-Patient Unit, which is able to offer care 24 hours a day. This care includes symptom management, short term planned admission and rehabilitation, and End of Life Care.

To find out more about St Cuthbert's Hospice, please call us on 0191 386 1170.

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Raised: 107%

Target: £2,000.00
Raised so far: £2,140.95

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Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.

We completed the 12 hour row and managed to row for 125 km continuously. This would have been equivalent to rowing from the start of the river Wear at Wearhead, past Sunderland and out into the North Sea!

26 members of staff took turns to row the distance and some were pretty exhausted by the end. The patients in the waiting room were very generous in their support of our effort.

Our secretary Adele Lavery also works at the Durham and Chester-le-Street Out of Hours centre and has pursuaded colleagues there to contribute generously. She did 5 rows through the day so she worked hard for her sponsors.

Pupils at Cestria Primary School painted a "River Wear" for us so that we could chart our progress - as demonstrated in our photos.

We will be keeping this site going till after Christmas, so please feel free to continue to donate.

St Cuthbert's Hospice has helped many of our patients and friends, particularly since they opened the inpatient unit. They are not part of the NHS, but need donations to continue with their excellent work.

This year Dr Alex Duke passed away after a relatively short illness. As the local community knows, the practice in Chester-le-Street was founded by her father, and she and her husband Dr William Duke worked at the practice for 34 years. Although they retired from Bridge End Surgery 5 years ago, Alex was still working for the PCT and the local medical community as an advisor and trainer on Child Protection issues, and a support for newly qualified GPs and any GPs or staff who may have been struggling for any number of reasons.

In memory of Alex, the staff at the surgery are all participating in a sponsored indoor row at the surgery on 11th November 2009. We will be aiming to row for 12 hours continuously from 7am to 7pm in the waiting room. Some staff have never sat on a rowing machine before and will be doing 10 minutes at a time, others may be rowing for 30 minutes or more. Hopefully we can row at least 100km in the 12 hours.

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So please dig deep and donate to a good cause.

	Dr. Duke was a lovely lady and a caring Doctor - she always had a welcoming smile, and always had a sympathetic ear for any problems you had. Donation by David Hindmarsh 28/11/09	£100.00
	Donation by Evie Lilly 24/11/09	£5.00
	Go Vicki M! Donation by David Matthews 21/11/09	£12.00 + £3.38 Gift Aid
	Well Done everyone Donation by Helen Graham,family and friends 14/11/09	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	Well done! Donation by Marie Caffrey 14/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Alex was a great mentor for me when I started and remained a good friend. We will all miss her and her wisdom in the practice. Donation by Richard Lilly 14/11/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Dinah Roy,Carol Charlton,L Okello,John Preston,Kate Bidwell,Rachel Low, Glynis Parker,Helen Marsden,Jan Panke,Pat Flanaghan, Alice Walling,Beth Lilly Donation by Richard Lilly 13/11/09	£88.00 + £24.82 Gift Aid
	Well done all of us. We all had a great day 'pulling' together. Donation by Adele Lavery 12/11/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Just read about the sad loss of Alex in this week's GP magazine. I was a partner at Bridge End in early 1980's. A lovely first job. Donation by Ruth Parsons 12/11/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	thanks to Carry Donation by Tanya Johnston 11/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck from Lyn, Nick and Rebecca xxx Donation by lynmhow@aol.com how 11/11/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done -fantastic team effort everyone! Donation by Morgan-Fairbairn family 11/11/09	£50.00
	Lets hope we make our target! Donation by Jill Smith 11/11/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Keep up the good work everyone! Donation by Mandy Blair 11/11/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good Luck everyone. Donation by Margaret Clark 11/11/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Peter Cooke 11/11/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck to you all! I'm pleased to support such a great cause, just wish I could be up in the NE to give you a few pulls on the oars myself! Donation by Alice Harney 09/11/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Donation by Richard Davis 08/11/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Fantastic effort - I'd love to join you for an hours row. Good luck. Donation by Peter Foster 06/11/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck everybody. Donation by Auriel Blair 05/11/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck to everyone taking part!! Donation by Fleur Wilson 05/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Think how much more you would raise with a sponsored climb !! Good Luck. Donation by Skonshine 04/11/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck Tanya - enjoy the rowing! Donation by Andrew Gilbert 03/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck to you all Donation by Jonathan Hoare 02/11/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	warmest wishes for your fund raising efforts Donation by Sara Clark 02/11/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Donation by Sally Barr 30/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Lets hope we can get the £2000. Its a very worthy cause and I'm glad to be a part of the row too! Donation by Richard Harkness 27/10/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Go for gold! Donation by Nigel Findlay 25/10/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	More to follow later I hope Donation by Tanya Johnston 25/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	St Cuthbert's provided an incredable place for Mum to be. Nothing was too much trouble for them, your efforts will be worth their weight in gold. Donation by Anna Duke 25/08/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

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Gift Aid plus supplement:	£289.10

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