Raised: 136%
Target: £50,000.00
Raised so far: £67,907.41
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My story

 

On 6 October 2009 a team of 16 from Wickes, including some colleagues from suppliers, will set off to climb Africa’s highest mountain – Kilimanjaro.

The team:

Jeremy Bird, Ian Kennedy, Sally Dunn, Alyssa Rhymes, Nick Hopkinson (Mark II), Catherine Lake, Rob Murray, Julia Henry (MWO), Sheena Ghumra, Tim Matthews, Caroline Beatty (The Clinton Partnership), Simon Holder, Laura Newton, Robin Proctor, Natalie Henty (The Clinton Partnership), Jim Barnard.

This amazing challenge is going to be tough as we’re taking the longest, most gruelling route, which involves 8 days on the mountain with a high risk of altitude sickness – not to mention no showers and sharing tents!!

We’re all now training in earnest, but many of our group have never climbed a hill, let alone a mountain - so this could be called an act of insanity!  However, we’re a determined bunch of committed (highly competitive) individuals who want to take on an extraordinary challenge and raise money for a really worthwhile cause.

Wickes has supported Leukaemia Research since October 2006.  Colleagues, customers and suppliers have raised over £750,000 to date with their fantastic dedication to fundraising and now it’s our turn!

This is a charity where your donations really do save lives, so please sponsor us now!


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Sheena and team, well done on this fantastic challenge! Donation by Waitrose team, Balham 14/11/09  

£110.00 + £31.03 Gift Aid

Amazing effort everyone and well done Robin! Hope that it was the experience of a lifetime. Donation by Shaun O'Callaghan, Quartet Research Ltd 13/11/09  

£200.00

Alyssa, congratulations ! An amazing achievement We are all really proud of you (K2 next ?) xx Donation by Mum, Dad, Neil, Kelly and Hugo xx 10/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Congratulations everyone on a fantastic achievement Donation by Julie & Ken Mason 08/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

To Lisa congrats on a magnificent achievement .We are all very proud of you, jan alan adam and lucy Donation by Jan.Alan.Adam and Lucy 03/11/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Well done Jeremy, Rob and the Kili team! Donation by From Tim and all at MWO 30/10/09  

£3,000.00

Congratulations. You did it! Donation by Augusta Wilson 28/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Congratulations! Well done to you all! Donation by maryam moghaddam 27/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Great achievement for a great cause. Well done to you all. Donation by Anish Bhatt 26/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Congratulation on the climb!! Well done! Donation by Rachel Seymour 23/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Excellent work! Donation by Neil Patterson 22/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done Simon and Team.Auntie.B. Donation by Herbert Holder 22/10/09  

£10.00

An amazing achievement! Well done all! Donation by Sejal Assi 21/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done to you all on the climb. Hard work but you'll all have some great memories. Donation by David Shepherd 21/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Very well done to you ALL I'm very impressed with the Team effort to get you ALL to your goal. Donation by Geoff Henshaw 21/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well Done to you all from the Tony & Team at Wickes Lancaster. Donation by Andrew Parkin 21/10/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Superb achievement - well done everyone. Donation by Frank Smith 20/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

well done Sally we knew you would do it love Judith,Ian,Matthew and Hannah x Donation by judith orr 20/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done - next time Everest!! Donation by Phil Joyce 20/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Amazing Climb - Well Done Everyone! Donation by From all at Gower Furniture 20/10/09  

£500.00

What a fantastic achievement! Donation by Tara Gami 20/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

What a fantastic achievement, well done all. Laura Donation by Laura Hitchcock 20/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Victoria Green 19/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Be very proud. You are all true heros. Donation by Nicola McGonagle 19/10/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Congratulations to you all! What an amazing achievement and for a great cause!!! Donation by CoCo 19/10/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Ian and team well done after hearing the scale of the challenge on the last day it's good to hear you all made it. Donation by Matthew Neasham 19/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

FOR LAURA NEWTON AND THE WHOLE TEAM! CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT EFFORT INDEED! Donation by Kate Walker 19/10/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Well done all great achievement, what’s next? Donation by Karl Campbell 19/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

thanks for the sickness and diarrhoea updates! Well done all! Donation by Mark Elvy 19/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

What a fantastic achievement. Well Done to everyone involved. Donation by Andrew Harrison 19/10/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
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* Total raised online: £17,057.41
  Offline donations: £50,850.00
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £2,668.04

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