My story

Nearly a year ago Jimmie Phelan passed away following a short, but chronic illness.  In his memory, family and friends have started a year of fundraising to raise money for the clinic at Wythenshawe Hospital that treated and cared for him.  This bike ride from Manchester where he lived, to Inistioge where he was born, raised and now laid to rest, is to raise as much money as possible to help others and fund research into this illness.

 

The clinic where Jimmie was treated looks after patients with a complex range of fibrotic lung diseases which cause scarring of the lungs. The treatment for these scarring conditions is often very ineffective and stabilising the disease is frequently the most that can be hoped for.

 

Many patients with fibrotic lung disease have similar outcomes to cancer patients but do not have access to the multidisciplinary level of care available for cancer sufferers.

 

Any funds raised towards the ILD clinic are used for patient care, teaching and research into fibrotic lung disease.

 

Jimmie was always one of the first to offer help to people who needed it and was heavily involved in fundraising for others during his life.  We think it is a fitting tribute to him to try and raise as much money as possible to help other people who are suffering from this chronic illness.

 

My charity

Wythenshawe Hospital

Wythenshawe Hospital

Charity Registration No. 1048916

The purpose of the UHSM Charity is to support and improve the services provided by the hospital. The Charity provides additional equipment and services to enhance the patient and carer experience and provides funding for high quality, innovative research programmes.

Donations 367

Donation by Lara Smith on 11/05/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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What a great cause...Good Luck!

Donation by Dinky, Carwyn and the boys x on 11/05/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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should be a breeze for you alan!!! best of luck, get some padded shorts!!!

Donation by dee, rich and family on 11/05/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck all, I hope there will be not much pain & a lot of gain.

Donation by Neil Russell on 11/05/11

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Don't forget the Sudacrem!

Donation by Denise & Phil Doyle x on 11/05/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Al,Love you lots! I will be waiting for you in Inistioge!!Best wishes James and all the team too...fantastic effort for a great cause x

Donation by Hilary Donnelly on 11/05/11

£100.00

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Good luck Alan - just keep focused on the Guinness waiting for you at the other end!

Donation by Jonathan Young on 11/05/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck Richard, great idea and hope all goes well.

Donation by philip maude on 11/05/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck Richard - cycle like the wind!

Donation by Gemma Staples on 11/05/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Richard. It's a great cause and I imagine that the first pint of Guinness in Inistioge will go down a treat and the 2nd and the 3rd and....

Donation by Simon Isherwood on 11/05/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Lloydie it's your bike I feel sorry for!

Donation by Chris Henshaw on 11/05/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Lloydie - compared to the stamina required for 4 months spent on the Olympic CPO this will be a breeze!

Donation by Anthony Van Hoffen on 11/05/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Best of luck guys, great cause!

Donation by John Stables on 11/05/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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good luck Richard -assume the back has mended!!

Donation by michael clavell-bate on 11/05/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Ride like the wind, Tommy boy, not like you've got wind....

Donation by Tim Workman on 11/05/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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good luck Richard. Guiness won't make it easier but with enough on board it'll feel better

Donation by Henry Church on 11/05/11

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All the best Richard. Never took you for a MAMIL but nver too late to start. (By the way, how did you knowe I had back ache?!)

Donation by Dave Trimingham on 11/05/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Rich - all the very best chap. JRB

Donation by James Blakey on 11/05/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Richard!! :)

Donation by Becky Fox on 11/05/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Go for it Alan and All! Enda, Derek & Seamus

Donation by Enda Ann Nolan on 10/05/11

£20.00

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Good Luck Ennevor & all taking part. Hope you reach your target too from all at Kool-It Services.

Donation by Rick & Roy Dearden on 10/05/11

£250.00

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You'll certainly have earned a couple of quiet pints of Guinness, and several noisy ones once you get there. Good luck to you and the team.

Donation by Pete Rogan on 10/05/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good Luck, Alan All the best.

Donation by Ronnie on 10/05/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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alan & team - all the best for a great ride. all for a worthy cause and what sounds to be a dear friend dan & jennifer

Donation by Daniel Cohen on 10/05/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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Alan, the miles will go quickly. All for a great cause. Best of luck!

Donation by Doug Schmeltzer on 09/05/11

£50.00

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$19,967.72
  • Offline donations$7,160.26
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$27,127.98
  • Gift Aid$3,675.65

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