Shaun Barrett

Canterbury Cross Channel Row

Fundraising for Anthony Nolan
£2,115
raised of £2,000 target
by 50 supporters
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Event: Shaun Barrett's fundraising
Shaun Barrett's fundraising, 28 April 2010
Anthony Nolan

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RCN in England and Wales 803716, Scotland SC038827
We make lifesaving connections to help more patients survive and thrive

Story

We successfully completed our row yesterday (24th May) in 4 hours & 2 minutes, the weather was almost perfect apart from some rough seas just outside Dover Harbour. We saw a pair of dolphins half way across who swam alongside us for a few minutes!

A big Thankyou to all of my sponsors.....

Hello there, and thankyou for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Yes I know I have done this before, but this time it will be harder as we are rowing in a 4 man scull which is smaller and less stable than the 6 man boat that we went across in last time. In fact the friends that I am rowing with attempted the crossing last October and got out of the harbour and capsized & sunk - fortunately everyone was ok. So they have recruited an experienced rower with previous cross channel success (??!). We have been out training in Dover Harbour once or twice a week since the end of February - and yes the water is very cold! We are planning to make our crossing between May 24th & 26th depending on the weather.

We are rowing for a very worthwhile cause, The Anthony Nolan Trust, which is an independent charity, so it continually relies of financial support from individuals and organisations to carry out its lifesaving work. Every year thousands of children and adults with fatal bone marrow diseases, like leukaemia and aplastic anaemia, reach a stage when their only hope of survival is a blood stem cell transplant from a donor who shares the same ‘tissue type’, The Anthony Nolan Trust makes this possible.

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About the charity

Anthony Nolan

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RCN in England and Wales 803716, Scotland SC038827
Anthony Nolan is the pioneering charity that unites people and science to make lifesaving connections - matching stem cell donors to those in need of transplants and treatments and growing their world-leading stem cell register, so everyone can find the match they need.

Donation summary

Total raised
£2,115.00
+ £327.79 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,570.00
Offline donations
£545.00

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