My story

After giving birth to our son Harris prematurely at 32 weeks pregnant in August 2011, he needed to stay in Darent Valley hospital in Dartford for the first 3 weeks of his life. Due to the remarkable care they gave to my son, and peace of mind they gave to myself and my fiancé Michael, We are trying to raise funds for the hospital special care baby unit (SCBU) and for the charity fund that supports the unit, Little Buds. It can cost £800 per day to look after one baby in SCBU so we are aiming to raise £16,800 over the next two years, through a variety of events, as this is how much it could have cost to look after our son.

 

Past events:

So far, we have also taken part in a 10k London run on the 8th of July 2012, which we completed in 1 hour and 18 minutes, despite me getting a stich after 1k, and not being able to shift it!

Also, instead of birthday presents or cards, I held a fundraising party on the 15th April 2012 to raise as much money as possible to support Little Buds!

We held a cake sale in our street during the Queen's Jubilee in 2012, and our wonderful neighbours and visitors to our street helped us to raise £160.30 in two hours in the rain!

I have also done various cake sales and collections at work, to support this worth cause.

 

Upcoming events:

One of the smaller events we are organising is a walk from Bexleyheath Shopping Centre to Darent Valley Hospital once Harris can walk a bit of the way (we will push him in his buggy for the rest of it!) so please dig deep and sponsor us as much as you can! The walk will be about 7 miles. He is almost walking so it should be soon!

We are also taking part in the 10k London Run again in July this year, and have entered the ballot for the Royal Parks Half Marathn in October, so fingers crossed we get a place!

We are having summer fetes, raffles, quiz nights, games nights, and various other fundraising events for Little Buds throughout the year, all with the help of our wonderful friends and families, especially Debbie and Paul Crawford, and their little boy Zachary! If you want to get involved or have any skills or prizes you can offer please contact me on leigh-flynn@hotmail.com, if not please donate as much as you can!!

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page, and thank you so much for your donation, however large or small, it means the world to us and Little Buds. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

Thank you so much for your support and any donations you could make, I am extremely grateful for any amount, great or small, it is all going to a very worthy cause.

 

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My Team

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Little Buds Fundraising

My company

My charity

Darent Valley Hospital Charity Fund

Darent Valley Hospital Charity Fund

Charity Registration No. 1050861

If you wish to donate to one of our special funds such as: Little Buds, Cancer Fighting, Lollipop, Heartbeat, Stroke, Stride 4 Life. Please indicate in the message box when you make your donation. If you do not specify it will be left for our Charity Board to decide. Please go to www.dvh.nhs.uk/fundraising for further details. Thank you we are so grateful!

Donations 42

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A small thank you to the DVH newsletter for featuring my little family this month, and supporting our LBF challenges! X

Donation by Leigh Flynn on 20/05/13

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Money saved from not buying a takeaway on payday!! X

Donation by Leigh Flynn on 25/04/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Cryptic quiz sheets raised at Makinson Cowell. Rounded up to £40 by myself and Michael x

Donation by Leigh Flynn on 25/04/13

£40.00

+ £10.00 Gift Aid

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Love from Harris x

Donation by Leigh Flynn on 05/04/13

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Good Luck on your 10k Leigh! Xxx

Donation by Anastasia Bitton on 28/03/13

£10.00

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Thanks for the winnings! :)

Donation by Michael Hubert on 28/03/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Leigh! x

Donation by Emma Carroll on 26/03/13

£20.00

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Good plan Leigh!

Donation by Nick de Bunsen on 21/03/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck - get that PB!

Donation by Hugh Taylor on 20/03/13

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Angela Talbot on 19/03/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good luck Leigh. Hope your training plan isn't as full on as Michael's!

Donation by David Gracie on 18/03/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck!

Donation by Thomas Weerheim on 15/03/13

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Michael Nicholson on 12/03/13

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Very best of luck with the run and all your fundraising.

Donation by Matthew Denham on 12/03/13

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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A little donation to remind us all that this is such a fantastic cause and definitely deserves our time, effort and support! <3 Harris <3

Donation by Leigh Flynn on 01/02/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Well done! Keep up the good work.

Donation by David Laughton on 26/07/12

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Well done with the 10K!!! All the fundraising your doing is amazing!! :D:D:D xxx

Donation by Natalee Bailey on 09/07/12

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Could not find a sponser form at All Saint's, so thought it about time i donated the modern way. hope you do not get too wet !! Chris

Donation by CHRISTOPHER MARTIN on 07/07/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck for the 10k on Sunday. its a great cause.

Donation by Danny and Gemma (Number 24) on 05/07/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Leigh!

Donation by Nick on 02/07/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Leigh. I don't know how you're managing everything but you're doing brilliantly! Take care. Angela

Donation by Angela Talbot on 29/06/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Well done for all your fund raising efforts

Donation by Colin on 27/06/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck x

Donation by Anne-Marie Thomson on 27/06/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck with the 10k. Enjoy!!

Donation by David Gracie on 25/06/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck, and have fun!

Donation by Joshua Warren on 25/06/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£1,075.03
  • Offline donations£385.30
  • Text donations£45.00
  • Total raised£1,505.33
  • Gift Aid£267.51

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