Lee Colsell is fundraising for Prospect Hospice

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Raising money for

Prospect Hospice

Charity Registration No. 280093

Prospect Hospice was founded thirty years ago, and has brought dedicated end of life care to thousands of patients, and support for their families, in Swindon, Marlborough and north Wiltshire since then. Prospect's work, in the community, in the purpose-built Hospice, and in patients' homes, is given freely, but costs more than £4.5m each year to deliver, three quarters of which we must raise ourselves.

We depend, as we always have, on the support of the local community to enable us to deliver our care for patients and families. Find out more about Prospect Hospice by visiting our website prospect-hospice.net

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Lee Colsell

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26/06/2014

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Raised: 238%

Target: £1,000.00
Raised so far: £2,375.63

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My story

Why would a 21(ish) stone, 41 year old man plan to walk the Thames Path, a 184 mile walk, in just over one week. Well, my friend Martin Larner and I are walking from Greenwich back to the source, near Kemble in memory of Martin’s wife Nenita, who sadly passed away in January aged 35.

Nenita was born in the Philippines and trained to be a nurse. In 2001 she moved to the UK and converted her medical qualifications so that she could work here. She spent many happy years working at the Bristol Royal Infirmary but in January 2007 she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Over the intervening years, Nenita lived life to the full, managing to gain her BSc in critical care, being promoted to senior staff nurse and running the Bristol half marathon only 4 months before she lost her battle, during her 4^th operation. Nenita was the most positive and caring person you could imagine meeting and not once did she complain or feel sorry for herself.

It was the example she set during her battle with this awful disease that has lead us take up this crazy challenge starting on August 28th and finishing in deepest Gloucestershire on September 5th.

So, thank you for sponsoring me, and feel free to join for part of the walk if you wish

Thanks again

Lee

	Donation by anonymous 18/10/09	£231.00
	are you doing the marathon next? Donation by Zenna Grant 13/10/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	how far? Donation by northern git 14/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well Done mate! Donation by Dunny 11/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done Lee, what an achievement, worth each and everyone of those blisters! Donation by Lorraine Price 09/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Winston Churchill, Maggie Thatcher......your boys took a helluva beating!!! Donation by The Norwegians 08/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done mate! Donation by Ganni 07/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by The Rat Trap, Stratton 06/09/09	£20.00
	Donation by michael standing 06/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done guys. Donation by Andy McGuinness 06/09/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	are we nearly there yet?!.... Donation by Ema 04/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by anonymous 04/09/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Nice work! Donation by Gary Watson 04/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Great effort for a great cause Lee! Hope you raise more in sponsorship than you're spending in pain killers!!! Donation by Simon Addison 04/09/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	And I worry about blisters from walking around London for the day!!! Well done you - you can do it. Donation by Janice & Caroline 03/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Don't think of the blisters! Fantastic effort. Donation by Darren Smale 02/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Donation by Bashir Hassan 02/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Ellen Sutcliffe 01/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Allan McEwan 01/09/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Keep walking boy's - you can do it Donation by Louise Carter 01/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Gawn yersel big man un look efter they slabs o meat! Donation by Paul McNeill 30/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck, it's for a great cause. Donation by Emma and Tara 29/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	You will be on your way now, all the best. Forget that report, just focus on your goal. Donation by Jenefer 28/08/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Faster Lee, Faster! Donation by suzanne redmond 27/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Full of admiration. An amazing challenge and such a worthy cause. Good luck to you both. Jane & Terry Donation by Jane Holloway 20/08/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Let us know when you're coming past Swindon, so we can ignore the tremors!. Fantastic you're doing this...enjoy !! Dave & Sue Allen Donation by wiley old campaigner 18/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good Luck. Donation by Stuart Evans 14/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	..40 miles "what the ** are we doing?", 99 miles "shouldn't have had that 5th pint", 184 miles "taxi!" (& heroes). Donation by Marcus, Karen & Bo** 11/08/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Lee, I hope all goes well. Happy to support you & the Charity that is close to my heart. Donation by Jane Kingstone 07/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	You ve talked about it for enough years!! good luck to you both and lets hope for dry weather !! Donation by Jan 07/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£1,560.63
Offline donations:	£815.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£308.96

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