My story

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I have been lucky to gain a place to run the 2012 Virgin London Marathon. I will be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest Marathon in an Animal Costume, and what better animal than the Hedgehog!

I am undertaking this challenge in support of the Vale Wildlife Hospital in the Vale of Evesham, Gloucestershire.

The hospital focuses on the care and rehabilitation of wildlife, public education and the conservation of wildlife. The hospital is a 24 hour operation. In 2011 they treated 4316 wildlife casualties. Vale is completely self-funded and requires donations in excess of £22,000 per month to run and this is in addition to the many volunteers who give their time freely.

So what will your sponsorship buy:

£1 - £20 will buy:

Tinned pet food, wild bird seed, washing powder, kitchen roll, cotton buds, photocopy paper, envelopes, pens, tinned puppy food, minced beef, mixed corn, cat biscuits, postage stamps,
Fairy washing-up liquid, microwaveable heat mats.

£100 will buy:

Almost 3 tins of Esbilac milk replacer (£110)
One animal grasper (£90)
A carrying cage for a badger (£90)
One box of x-ray films (£90)
Food for one hedgehog for the whole winter (£100)
3 blood tests (£75)
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So please dig deep and donate now.

My charity

Vale Wildlife Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre

Vale Wildlife Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre

Charity Registration No. 702888

Vale Wildlife was set up in 1984 to help the many thousands of mammals and birds injured in the UK every year. The main aim is to treat and rehabilitate casualties and release them back into the wild once fully recovered. We have full veterinary facilities within the Hospital.

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Hope you have recovered from your "ordeal" at the weekend!

Donation by Hilary Sawyer on 24/04/12

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PD Congratulations!

Donation by Trev Simpson on 24/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by Sandy Hedgehog Rescue on 23/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Hope all went well from Paul, Melanie and Cara x

Donation by Melanie Orr on 22/04/12

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Vale do an amazing job and give volunteers like me a great opportunity to learn from the best hope the day went ok, Well done

Donation by kim thompson on 22/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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What a wonderful thing to do, for such a fantastic cause. Good luck Paul, I am cheering you all the way!! Bless you x

Donation by Sandra Young on 22/04/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 21/04/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck Paul from Ali, Tim, Phoebe and Zach

Donation by Alison Holmes on 21/04/12

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Good Luck Paul. Vale do a great job. We are proud to be involved.

Donation by Norma Crumpton and Paul Elliott on 21/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Paul :) xx

Donation by KIM WHITE on 21/04/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Run HEDGEHOG Run Wishing you the very best Love Liz, Nick and James xxx

Donation by Elizabeth Wootton on 21/04/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck PD! I won't 'hedge' my bets on you coming first, but you'll 'hog' the finishing line, with that famous PD hair proudly on the vertical.

Donation by Rick Cooke on 20/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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GOOD LUCK with the run Paul, The Vale really do a wonderful job looking after our wildlife and deserve our support.

Donation by DAWN KANE on 20/04/12

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Good Luck Paul, we will be looking out for you! when you wearing it at the Vale?

Donation by Bob and Annette Harrison on 19/04/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck honey - I know you will get round x

Donation by Jennifer Davison on 19/04/12

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Good Luck and well done for supporting such a worthwhile cause, they do such a great job at Vale

Donation by Paulene Struthers on 19/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Paul I hope you appreciate this is coming out of the Whistler Fund.

Donation by Steve Oliver on 18/04/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck and all the best. We will look out for the Hedgehog on the TV. Karen & Phil

Donation by Karen Gilling on 18/04/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Bruce Tanner on 17/04/12

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Best of luck

Donation by Glenys Baylis on 17/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good Luck & all the best.

Donation by Andrew Meeker on 16/04/12

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Good luck Paul. I will keep an eye out for you on the telly. Mike

Donation by Michael Holmes on 16/04/12

Good luck Paul! Amazing thing to do! I'll watch out for you on the Telly! Nicola

Donation by Anonymous on 15/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck Paul, I'll look out for the hedgehog but I will be miles behind you!

Donation by Mary Freer and Charles Lee on 15/04/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck and I hope you enjoy the run.

Donation by Yvonne Barker on 15/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£1,085.00
  • Offline donations£1,345.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£2,430.00
  • Gift Aid£271.25

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