Ian Booth is fundraising for Birmingham Women's Hospital

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EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon 2009

on 11/10/2009

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Raising money for

Birmingham Women's Hospital

Charity Registration No. 1089035

Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust (also known as Birmingham Women’s Hospital) is a specialist teaching Trust which delivers services for the people of Birmingham and beyond, these are:

· Maternity and Fetal Medicine

· Neonatal care

· Gynaecology and Fertility

· Regional Clinical and Laboratory Genetics

· Imaging and Pathology

Your support will help us to care for women and sick or premature babies.

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Ian Booth

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Raised: 115%

Target: £3,250.00
Raised so far: £3,741.99

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My story

Tiny Babies Big Appeal

Thank you for visiting my Just Giving page through which I hope to help raise money to build a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Birmingham Women's Hospital.

I shall be running another half marathon in October, this time in Birmingham. It's the first time that I have run to raise money, because it's for a really good Birmingham cause. Partly it's to try and keep up with my fitter colleagues and partly because I am a non-executive director at the Women's.

But mainly, it's because as a paediatrician, I have seen a revolution in the outcome for tiny, premature babies in just my professional life time. As a trainee paediatrician in the 1970s, I well remember the all too frequent tragedy of small babies dying who we were unable to save. Since then there has been a dramatic change, and most tiny babies now survive and grow up to lead normal lives. This has been entirely because of the work of units like the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Birmingham Women's Hospital, and the skilled, dedicated staff who work there.

Unfortunately, the current accommodation for tiny babies at the Women's is no longer adequate to support the demands that are increasingly being made on it, and so we need a new one. Most of the money (£5 million) is coming from the hospital but we still need to raise £2 million to complete the task. You can be confident that your money will make a real difference. Put simply, we cannot manage without it. You can also be confident that completing the run will involve real hardship on my part!

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I very much hope that you can help with what I think is a really good cause. If you would like to, just click "Donate now"

To see more about why I'm doing this see: http://www.onetruemedia.com/my_shared?z=3bc489e562b08721daff37&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

Ian

http://www.tinybabiesbigappeal.nhs.uk/index.htm

	Well done!! Donation by Angela Gibson 02/11/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Very well done ! Donation by Sue P 30/10/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Well done Prof x x Donation by Marie Gray 25/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Top up Donation by Paul 24/10/09	£6.00 + £1.69 Gift Aid
	Good luck. Donation by Manu Sood 23/10/09	£20.00
	Best wishes Donation by Hywel and Christine 21/10/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Well done! Paul Donation by Ian Booth 21/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	We knew you would do it Ian. well done. remember we need to see the legs! Donation by From the ladies of Tamworth Soroptimists 14/10/09	£90.00 + £25.38 Gift Aid
	Well done Ian. A fantastic time for such a worthwhile cause. Donation by Jackie and Keith Edwards 14/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done! Donation by Geoff Brown 14/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done Ian Donation by Mum 12/10/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Well done Ian! Donation by Betty 12/10/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Good luck Ian Donation by Jenny and Peter 12/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck ! Donation by Wendy 12/10/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Well done Ian, apologies for being so slow in reaching for my wallet Donation by steven johnson 12/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Great effort - I think you were smiling when you passed me (spectator) at 8 miles. Donation by Stephen Gower 12/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Great stuff Ian. Good luck Donation by Helen Hemberg 08/10/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck for Sunday, Ian. My daughter was brilliantly looked after in the Neonatal Unit for the first month of her life. Donation by Diane Reay 08/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done Ian. Fantastic. Good luck Andy Donation by Andrew Ewer 06/10/09	£25.99 + £7.33 Gift Aid
	Best of luck Ian and well done on raising such a fantastic amount for the Neonatal I C Unit!! Hope to see you on the day! Donation by charlotte wellington 06/10/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	A fantastic cause. Best of luck with the run! Donation by Lisa Jones 05/10/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck! It's a great cause to run for. Donation by Kay Fuller 05/10/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Heather 05/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Let's see a sub-1.40, Prof! Donation by Mike Ward 05/10/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Best of Luck Ian. I hope your knees are in better shape than mine Donation by Nick Shaw 30/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Ian. Think of the cold drink and warm bath afrerwards! Sharon Donation by Sharon Buckley 29/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Can we see a picture of you actually running please? Donation by Richard Davies 22/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	The pain is worth it in the long run! Donation by Celia & Robin 21/09/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	A good cause! Donation by John Winer 21/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Ian, what a wonderful thing to do. Donation by Iris Barrow 21/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£3,741.99
Offline donations:	£0.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£1,035.69

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