Raised: 151%
 
Target: £600.00
Raised so far: £910.00
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Update 12/07/10:  We did it!! The treadmill challenge took place on Sat 10 July and was a huge success - with a staggering £14,000 raised so far!!  AMAZING!!  Thank you to everyone who has sponsored me - and if you're visiting my page for the first time - it's never too late to donate :-)  Thank you.

Hello.

I’m looking for your support for something really important, and I hope you can help.

My friends and I are doing a 12 hour treadmill challenge on Saturday 10 July, covering a total distance of 380km (the distance from Newbury to Ludlow and back) to raise money for Mercia Accident Rescue Service who treated us after our terrible accident in November 2008 and who saved my friend Jo's life at the scene.

MARS is a life-saving rapid response charity, made up of a very experienced volunteer team of doctors, who are specifically trained in major trauma. They perform pre-hospital emergency care and surgery for people who need immediate and often life-saving care at the scene of an accident.


Our Story

On November 28 2008 myself and three of my best friends, Jo, Clare & Michelle, went on our annual girls weekend away. This time our trip took us to Ludlow to see the Christmas market. Sadly tragedy struck just hours after we arrived...we were walking down the high street when a bus lost control, mounted the pavement and ploughed into us - the driver had suffered a heart attack and died at the wheel. Clare and I were severely battered and bruised, Michelle suffered a dislocated knee, and Jo had taken the full impact of the bus. She sustained life-threatening chest, pelvic and back injuries, broke five ribs and damaged ligaments in her leg.

First on the scene were the amazing fire crew and paramedics, and then Dr Malcolm Russell from MARS arrived. Malcolm undertook a procedure at the scene where he put a pelvic belt on Jo to control the internal bleeding caused by her fractured pelvis. We all evenutally arrived at Shrewsbury Hospital in separate ambulances and Jo underwent emergency surgery through the night.

Everyone involved in our care has been amazing, but without MARS, Jo wouldn't be here today.

So, this is why we've organised this challenge to raise as much money as we can for this wonderful charity, enabling them to carry on with their life-saving work. One day someone you love might need their help, so please give what you can. 

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure.

So please dig deep and donate now. Thank you.

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Go for it Fi, see if you can break into a sweat! xxx Donation by Polly Holmes on 21/06/10

 
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
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Best of luck Fiona, are you taking photos before and after?!! Donation by Jacqui Atkinson on 11/06/10

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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Hi Fi. Good luck to you all for this fantastic challenge!! I don't think that I have ever seen you run in the 24 yrs that I have known you. Donation by Chris Hall on 03/06/10

 
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
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All the best of luck to you and the girls Fi.... Hope the training is on schedule!!! Donation by Graeme on 03/06/10

 
£25.00
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All the best. Donation by Roger & Diane Aps on 02/06/10

 
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
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Go girls!!! Good luck to you all & keep up that training fifi!! xxx Donation by Jayne Tucker on 21/05/10

 
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
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Good Luck Fi! You'll do great! x Donation by Emma Henderson on 14/05/10

 
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
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£25 and very well earned! Love you Fi Fi xx Donation by Jo Stevens on 04/05/10

 
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
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Well done Fi Fi, I hope you are training hard! Good luck to all of you, lots of Love Tracy, Shaun and Henry xx Donation by Tracy Marsh on 28/04/10

 
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
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All the very best of luck to you and the girls - looks like another story for Inside to me.... xxx Donation by Amy Knights-Whittome on 25/04/10

 
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
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Go Fifi! And girls. The best bit will be the celebrations once you've done it! xx Donation by Rosy Norman on 20/04/10

 
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
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Best of luck Fi, you'll be brilliant! x Donation by Bianca Cox on 20/04/10

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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Best of luck Fi! Donation by James Smith on 19/04/10

 
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
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We know you can do it girls and are right behind you - just on the other side of the gym door! Donation by Dot and Hugh Boyd on 17/04/10

 
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
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Good idea, Fiona, hope it goes well. Donation by rita and huck on 17/04/10

 
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
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Donation by Stevieb Boyd on 16/04/10

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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Good luck girls Donation by Philip Gaze on 08/04/10

 
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
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Good luck from all of us at Pages Creative, go for it! Donation by Jason Pelta on 08/04/10

 
£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
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* Total raised online: £420.00
  Offline donations: £490.00
  Mobile donations: £0.00
  Total Raised: £910.00
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £111.41

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