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Scott Nielsen's European Challenge
£3,594.44 raised of £80,000.00 target
44 donations
My Target:
£80,000.00
£3,594.44 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/Scott-Nielsen
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Scott Nielsen's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text SECA88 £10
to 70070
My story
Hello welcome to my page,
My name is Scott Michael Gigg Nielsen and I am 18 years old.
Starting on August the 15th 2011 I will be cycling from Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen (through Europe) to Alder Hey in Liverpool, which will take around 2 weeks and is approximate 2000km.
This trip is to raise money for ASBAH which is a charity who support families and individuals to overcome challenges produced by spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
Hydrocephalus comes from the Greek ‘hydro’ meaning water and ‘cephalie’, meaning brain.
A watery fluid, known as cerebro-spinal fluid or CSF, is produced constantly inside each of the four spaces or ventricles inside the brain: between 400 and 600mls is produced each day, this often leads to enlargement of the skull, mental disability, convulsion and even death.
The usual treatment is to insert a shunting device.
A shunt is simply a device which diverts the accumulated CSF around the obstructed pathways and returns it to the bloodstream.
Read more on www.asbah.org/hydrocephalusaction/informationsheets/whatishydrocephalus
My connection to this charity is I myself have hydrocephalus.
I was diagnosed with hydrocephalus at age of just 15 months, it has been a intense physical and emotion battle for me and those who care for me. 2004 was the worst year as I was constantly in the hospital and I even came close to death, if it was not for my mum's heroic intervention.
I have had at least 20 major operations before reaching the age of 15, my last operation was march of 2006.
The trip is from the hospital in Denmark where I was diagnosed to the hospital where my last operation was.
This trip is to raise money to help individuals and families who are in a similar or worse position than that my mum and I found us in.
Thank you very much for your donation, it will be changing someones life to the better and for that I personally thank you.
For more information and latest news please go to www.scottseuropeanchallenge.co.uk
Scott Michael Gigg Nielsen
My gallery 4
My charity
Spina bifida • Hydrocephalus • Information • Networking • Equality - SHINE
Charity Registration No. 249338
Formerly ASBAH (Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus). Spina bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - SHINE is the only national charity providing practical support to help individuals and families affected by spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
Donations 44
Excellent work Scott, truly inspirational. Well done!
Donation by Mound O Mash on 25/11/11
Well done Scott - keep up the great work! Simon, Rory and Hannah
Donation by simon fluker on 02/09/11
£100.00
Great effort for a good cause - good luck Scott.
Donation by Robert Marshall on 29/08/11
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
good luck!! all the best for your trip x
Donation by Claire Peacock on 15/08/11
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
If it wasn't for Marmite I'd have never known you were doing such a brilliant thing!! Good luck and take care!
Donation by Gayle Burch on 15/08/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Met you on the club run in Oxford on Sunday - all the best with it!
Donation by Tim Holden on 08/08/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck mate
Donation by Craig Garner on 05/08/11
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Donation by Ben Brown on 05/08/11
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Hi Scott Have a great ride. You have been a great inspiration to the Cherwell School Cycling Club students. Best wishes Mr Gray
Donation by tony gray on 03/08/11
£15.00
+ £3.75 Gift Aid
Hi Scott, Good luck with your 2000km ride. We will be with you all the way. !! David & Elizabeth.
Donation by Veloset Cycle Computers on 02/08/11
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
A friend of your mum told me about this. Good luck.
Donation by Brian McParland on 02/08/11
Hey Scott thanks for a great ride back from Banbury the other night! and here's wishing you a safe ride across europe.
Donation by Andy Cornforth on 30/07/11
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Go get em Scott you are the man make your lovely mum proud. We are with you all the way, in spirit anyway Maggie and Paul x
Donation by margaret carpenter on 28/07/11
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Good luck Scott, hope to meet up when you ride through Oxford
Donation by James Piggot on 28/07/11
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Let me know when you will get to around Reading or Oxford & I may ride with you so you can slipstream! Don't forget to keep eating! Go Scott!
Donation by Jake Backus on 11/07/11
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Good luck Scott!
Donation by Monica Bicsak on 19/06/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Late, but not too late! Good luck Scotty!
Donation by Andrew Taylor on 05/06/11
£50.00
Keep up the training Scott! And remember to drink that milk...We'll be thinking of you on 15th August. Best of luck!
Donation by Karl Karlsson on 30/05/11
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck Scott - hope the trip goes well. The whole family will be thinking of you.
Donation by Angela Moores on 26/05/11
Top man Scott - all the best
Donation by Mark Truby on 22/04/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Allez Scott! Keep some energy in reserve so that you can lead us out when you get to Oxford. All the best.
Donation by Kevin Caldicott (Mid Oxon - Cervelo) on 20/04/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Best of Luck Scott and make sure you wear your Mid Oxon top for the photographs!
Donation by Ian Watson on 18/04/11
what a remarkable trip, all the very best
Donation by Roger Morgan on 18/04/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck Scott. Send me photos of your trip!
Donation by Feifei Lu on 15/04/11
Rather you than me, I struggle cycling from Kidlington! Good luck, not that you need it.
Donation by Tina Surrage on 21/03/11
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£1,108.00
- Offline donations£2,486.44
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£3,594.44
- Gift Aid£166.96
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