Death-Defying Duo! Once upon a time, in a land far far away from normal civilisation (i.e. Cumbria), there was a little boy called Gareth. Gareth was a happy child, doing all the things a normal little boy does, but one day he fell ill. His parents took him to the doctors but were told he was perfectly fine. He grew sicker and weaker but repeated trips to the doctor had the same result. Persistence by his parents meant Gareth was finally referred to a specialist who diagnosed him with leukaemia. By the time he was admitted to Royal Victoria Infirmiary in Newcastle his condition was grave. If it wasn’t for pioneering new drugs and the support he and his family received from the lovely people at Tyneside Leukaemia Research he may not be here today. Gareth grew up to be a lovely young man (his mum made me say that!) and decided to leave Narnia…erm, I mean Cumbria…and go to university. He packed up his donkey and was waved off by the villagers before travelling to the bright lights of Manchester. Whilst there he met a beautiful, intelligent and modest lady called Sarah who, against her better judgement, loaned him a pen in a lecture one day. The rest they say, is history, and as a token of his appreciation many years later he bought her a Renault 5 (those of you who know what a Renault 5 looks like may be wondering how much she was appreciated!). They decided to drive around Europe in it to raise money for charity on the Screwball Rally. The rally itself starts from Kent and does a round trip through France, Belguim, Germany, Czech Republic, Holland and back to sunny Manchester. All of this takes place from the 14th September and with any luck we will be back in 1 week. The only catch being the vehicle we will be travelling in must be worth less than £750! The Renault 5 seemed like the ideal car for this until one day Sarah called Gareth from the hard shoulder of the motorway to tell him there was smoke coming from the bonnet…….(See photo!). Hence, we are now doing the rally in a 1990 Mercedes 420SEC, bought for £500 by Gareth’s dad and he is hoping it will return in one piece! So you could say that we’ve defied death to be on the rally this year (one in an only marginally more serious way than the other!) and if that’s not worth a quid or two we don’t know what is! The money will be split between Tyneside Leukaemia Research and another brilliant charity called Oldham Personal Advocacy Ltd – OPAL – who Sarah has come into contact with in her capacity as a student social worker. OPAL is a service for people with learning disabilities which provides a number of services including an independent personal advocacy service, employment opportunities through the Big Bad Cake Company, Your Day Your Way day centre and other projects. We will be covering all costs of the rally so any contribution you make will go to the charity. Thanks for your generosity. Sarah & Gareth
Raised so far: £777.00
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Yeah, this is a bit late. I meant do it a while back. Well done! Donation by Graham Quinn on 29/09/11 |
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Good luck guys! Donation by david taylor on 29/09/11 |
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Donation by Daniel Broughton on 29/09/11 |
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Donation by Anonymous on 22/09/11 |
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Good luck kids! Donation by Jaime Burnell on 20/09/11 |
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Good Luck and hurry up back! XX Donation by Jenny Acton on 20/09/11 |
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Whoop whoop! try not to set fire to the car this time! x Donation by Jennifer Magill on 14/09/11 |
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Good luck guys! remember if there's smoke coming out of the bonnet....leave the car haha hope u have fun, lots of love Gills and Brett xxx Donation by Gillian Fox on 08/09/11 |
£15.00 + £3.75 Gift Aid |
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Great causes. Good Luck Love John x Donation by John Rainford on 08/09/11 |
£100.00 + £25.00 Gift Aid |
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Good luck have a grand journey Luv Mum xx Donation by Chrsitine Rainford on 08/09/11 |
£100.00 + £25.00 Gift Aid |
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Good Luck to you both!!!!!!! Donation by Samantha Goodwin on 08/09/11 |
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Good luck guys- i've got a shed load of casettes from Vegas if you want them for your old skool wheels. RIP Reggie- he would have loved this. Donation by alison stacey on 08/09/11 |
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Good luck! Such a worthy cause, so I am delighted to have the opportunity to sponsor you. Donation by Deborah Kaye on 07/09/11 |
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Good luck you two. Donation by Debbie Tweed on 06/09/11 |
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HAVE FUN KIDS. FROM ME AND LIZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET BACK IN 1 PIECE!!! Donation by Neil Wood on 05/09/11 |
£40.00 + £10.00 Gift Aid |
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If you guys make it back in one piece I may sponsor you more...hope you do! Enjoy! Sarah, remember your travel pills! x Donation by Emily Murtagh on 05/09/11 |
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Make sure you get some curywurst. Oh, and don't let Sarah drive x Donation by George Serjeant on 02/09/11 |
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Good Luck to you both and have a safe journey! Just remember...a Vauxhall would have been better!!! ;) From all CMS xx Donation by Lisa Mezzone on 02/09/11 |
£50.00 |
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Good Luck! Donation by Donna Kelly on 02/09/11 |
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Good Luck! x Donation by Nicola Blocksidge on 01/09/11 |
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Good luck x Donation by Samantha Cauchie on 01/09/11 |
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Best of luck. I'm sure MB reliability will get you there, but back???? Good luck anyway Donation by Nick Ricketts on 30/08/11 |
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Good luck you two - is Dad bringing his toolkit and a spare Merc or two? Donation by Les & Ruth CCCC on 30/08/11 |
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Sounds like a great laugh mate, best of luck. Donation by Russell Gray on 26/08/11 |
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best of luck guys! Donation by Ryan Ogilvie on 26/08/11 |
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| * Total raised online: | £777.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £0.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £777.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £169.25 |
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