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Phil Aspin - Tower 2 Tower
Event: Tower 2 Tower
£6,190.00 raised
132 donations
My Target:
£6,190.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/PhilipAspin
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Philip Aspin's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text ELXY49 £10
to 70070
My story
United Utilities 2012 Challenge Event
In a fit of enthusiasm last summer I signed up for the United Utilities 2012 challenge event – to cycle from the Eiffel Tower to Blackpool Tower, 500 miles in five days. I was probably one of around 150 people to register, and I may well have dropped out along the way, but for the fact that one of the charities we are riding for, Brainwave, supports my son Joshua who suffers from cerebral palsy.
So there’s no backing out, I will be one of a team of 30 cyclists who be setting out from Paris on Thursday 14 June and hoping to make it back to Blackpool by Monday 18 June 2012. Hopefully my training will prove adequate - I owe a huge thank you to my family and in particular my wife Judith, who has supported me through what has been an arduous training regime.
So please help me support the United Utilities 2012 Challenge Event charities detailed below - Every contribution makes a difference.
Many thanks...Phil
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Some of you may know that Joshua has suffered from cerebral palsy since birth. He suffers from what is called spastic diplegia where both the arms and legs have abnormal stiffness affecting gross motor ability. In Joshua’s case he is unable to walk unaided and uses a walking frame for short distances or otherwise a wheelchair. Arm function is less restricted, but he is not able to do many everyday things that require fine motor skills, like get dressed or writing. That said we are lucky to be blessed with an otherwise very happy and intelligent little boy. Brainwave have helped us by providing us with physiotherapy work programmes and techniques, which they update with us every six months, and which we can carry out with Joshua on a daily basis to help reduce limb stiffness and improve gross motor ability.
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The charities that the team are fundraising for are Brainwave & Donna’s Dream House, two local Northwest Charities and the international charity WaterAid.
Brainwave in Warrington work with families to assist them in home based individual therapy and exercises to help children with development delay, brain injury or genetic conditions to achieve their full potential.
Donnas Dream House in Blackpool is a locally based trust providing free holiday experiences for the children and teenagers with life-threatening illnesses and their families, and for recently bereaved siblings and their families.
WaterAid is supporting many opportunities in the world’s poorest country’s supplying clean water and effective sanitation and has a long established relationship with the water industry.
My gallery 10
My updates 47
Fundraising exceeds £7,500 --- thankyou to everyone for your support -- total comprises: Justgiving donations = £4,785.00 ; gift aid = £1,196.25; offline donations = £1,405.00; and UU have kindly match funded £250.00; giving total of £7,636.25
Lastly thanks to all who sponsored me. With off line donations and gift aid my total is now at £6815.50 (at 23/6/12) and I suspect the event will have raised c£50k to split between the charities. A great result all round.
A big thank you to the guys who organised the event, a lot of hard work which really paid off for us riders.
We were lucky with the weather which made it all the more enjoyable - just a few rain showers rather than an all day soaking! The reception at both Lingley and at Blackpool made it all the more exciting and for a day or two after I was still on a buzz.
The whole event was just great and I would highly recommend people seize similar opportunities in the future. There was great camaraderie both within and between the three sub teams - Cavendish, Wiggins & Simpson.
My charity
The Brainwave Centre Ltd
Charity Registration No. 1073238
Founded in 1982, Brainwave works with families to deliver individual home based therapies that help children with disabilities reach their full potential. This can be anything from walking to recognising numbers and covers a range of conditions including Autism, Down’s Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy.
Donations 132
Congratulations on a fantastic endeavour
Donation by Charles Cameron on 03/07/12
Donation by David Wittmann on 26/06/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Well Done, Great cause
Donation by Tony Hubbard on 26/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Will Brownlee on 25/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Very well done, Phil.
Donation by gaynor kenyon on 24/06/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Great effort Phil
Donation by Nick Walker on 23/06/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Phil Best of luck; a great cause and great effort. Mick
Donation by Michael Carmedy on 18/06/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Good Luck Phil.
Donation by Carole Brown on 18/06/12
Best of luck Phil!
Donation by Ben Moseley on 15/06/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Good luck!
Donation by Kath Warren on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck!!
Donation by jane mather on 15/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck Phil, hope you're not too sore at the end of it!
Donation by Annette Burton on 14/06/12
best of luck to Phil and all the team for this brilliant endeavour
Donation by David Wood on 14/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck, Phil - we'll have a rubber ring ready for you to sit on at the conference!
Donation by Jennifer Felton on 14/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
I hope that Lingley Mere rolls out the red carpet for you, and that you don't get too many insects stuck in your teeth on the way!
Donation by Alasdair Wight on 14/06/12
£40.00
+ £10.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Clare Salmon on 13/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck Phil
Donation by Guy O'Keefe on 13/06/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Steve Whipp on 13/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Best wishes for tomorrow! Sorry that you won't be with us for the event but moreso that you didn't wear lycra for your video clip. Hope all goes well.
Donation by Peter Adams on 13/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
As my Aunty Peg used to shout when teaching me to ride a bike, "PEDALPEDALPEDAL!!!!" Good luck Phil - a really great cause.
Donation by Mags Scott on 13/06/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Elizabeth Lake on 13/06/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Phil, best of luck with the ride and weather!!
Donation by Carlos on 13/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
All the best Phil
Donation by Chris Venables on 13/06/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Best of luck from the Deutsche Bank team!
Donation by Deutsche Bank Team on 13/06/12
Good luck Phil,
Donation by mum & dad on 13/06/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£4,785.00
- Offline donations£1,405.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£6,190.00
- Gift Aid£1,196.25
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