My story

On 2 January 2010 my wife Samantha Shattock (Sam) suffered a cardiac arrest at the age of forty-one. As a result of her heart stopping for over forty minutes Sam has suffered a severe hypoxic brain injury. After time in hospital in both Peterborough and Lincoln Sam is now being cared for at The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) in Putney, SW London. Sam has been a patient at the RHN since May and is now receiving the very best in therapy, treatment and care. Despite Sam making some good progress since May she is still a long, long way from a full recovery. The realistic likelihood is that Sam will never come home.

Prior to January 2 Sam led a perfectly normal life. She worked, exercised, walked her dog and was a fantastic mum to our two teenage children. Although rare, a brain injury like Sam’s could happen to anyone, a result of a cardiac arrest, a brain haemorrhage brought on by stress or a road traffic accident.

The Yellow Beetle Challenge is to complete three BIG events in three continents within a twelve month period, and hopefully reach my fundraising target of raising £30,000 for the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability.

The events are:

·         April 2011 – London to Paris Cycle Ride – on a fixed wheel bike (no gears, no freewheeling)

·         November 2011 – New York Marathon

·         March 2012 – Climb to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

As well as the above I also hope to complete a number of training events including three or four 10k runs, the Great Eastern half marathon, the Dragon Ride Cycle Sportive in Wales, the Dunwich Dynamo bike ride, complete the Yorkshire Three Peaks hill walk and climb Mt. Snowdon twice. 

It’s called The Yellow Beetle Challenge because Sam was known in our home town for driving her yellow VW Beetle.

So why? Well I need to do something or else I will go mad. This is my way of motivating myself and dealing with the life-changing events of 2010.

If you would like to get involved with The Yellow Beetle Challenge by participating in 1, 2 or all 3 of the main challenges or some of the training events please visit www.yellowbeetlechallenge.co.uk for more details

 Thank you for your support.

Mike

 

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

My gallery 1

My Teams

My company

My charity

Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

Charity Registration No. 205907

The RHN cares for people who have brain damage or a disease affecting their brain. People come to the RHN for many reasons, from a stroke to a traffic accident, or a disease. The RHN provides services and therapies to ensure people with Neuro-disability can have the best quality of life possible.

Donations 287

trophy.png

This is a donation from the Deepings Rugby Club Vice Presidents lunch. Thank you to everyone at DRUFC for all their support.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 27/02/12

£225.00

+ £56.25 Gift Aid

Superman.png

I have just added an offline donation of £50 from Peter and Kathy Ward who I met at last Saturday's Deeping Rugby Club VP lunch.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 23/02/12

Trumpet.png

I owed my cycling friend Lynden Leadbeater some money for some cycling energy drink. He told me to stick it on the YBC page. Thanks Lynden.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 23/02/12

£14.00

+ £3.50 Gift Aid

smiley.png

This is an amazing donation from the staff at Langtoft Primary School who donated to the YBC instead of sending Christmas Cards to each other.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 23/02/12

£35.65

+ £8.91 Gift Aid

ThumbsUp.png

Just added an offline donation of £475.87 from the staff at the Fitzwilliam Hospital, Peterborough who chose the YBC as their 2011 charity.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 23/02/12

Donation by Georgie Hutchins on 17/02/12

£10.00

Trophy.png

Mike - credit to you mate, life has thrown plenty at you and yours over the years - good to see you get back up and kick ass!

Donation by John Bateson on 17/02/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

smiley.png

Well done so far, and good luck with the other challenges this year.

Donation by Iain MacQuarrie on 15/02/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

thumbsUp.png

Well done on reaching the summit and for all the other events you have successfully completed. Good luck and all the future chanllenges!

Donation by Kathy and Tom Grant on 13/02/12

£250.00

+ £62.50 Gift Aid

thumbsUp.png

With love from The Harringtons. x Congratulations on completing the challenges you set yourself.

Donation by michelle harrington on 11/02/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

smiley.png

Well done! x

Donation by Becky Fathers on 10/02/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Best wishes for all your fund-raising in 2012. Kilimanjaro is a really fantastic way to start the year!

Donation by Fiona Oliver on 09/02/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Superman.png

Hi Mike, well done to all of you. What a phenomenal achievement.

Donation by Iain Smith on 08/02/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Inmem.png

I'm in awe of anyone with the strong self disciplin needed to climb mountains. A huge congratulations team YBC. xxx

Donation by James Nixon on 06/02/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

smiley.png

Well done Mike and Yellow Beetle Challenge team! From Peter with Mum, Dad & David looking down with pride! x

Donation by Pete Shattock on 05/02/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Trophy.png

Well done!! Now get back to work!!

Donation by Eddie Dalley on 03/02/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Trophy.png

Good luck Mike and Team. Go Go Go!

Donation by edward benton on 02/02/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

windmill2.png

Be proud guys - very proud. Safe journey back - Marcus, Debbie, Evan and Grace Lawday.

Donation by Marcus Lawday on 02/02/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

windmill.png

Well done Mike & team - what a wonderful achievement

Donation by Anonymous on 02/02/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

windmill2.png

Inspirational stuff, hope you get down ok. Best Wishes, Simon, Karen, Jackson & Millie

Donation by Simon Andrews on 02/02/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Trophy.png

heres a little bit more to get u up the last bit! Go for it! by the time this goes thru u should b there!!!

Donation by jackie brown on 01/02/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

windmill2.png

Well done to all of you. Jon, Naomi, Katie & Matthew Hand x

Donation by Naomi Hand on 01/02/12

heart.png

Well done Mike & Co, one last big push up the 'hill' much love, The Onigbanjo family xxx

Donation by Donna Onigbanjo on 01/02/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

One word - AWESOME!

Donation by Dave, Julie, James & Jacob xxx on 01/02/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

heart.png

I think it's absolutely fantastic what you are doing. Good luck with all the fundraising.

Donation by Ian Davis on 31/01/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$22,369.60
  • Offline donations$20,313.52
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$42,683.11
  • Gift Aid$4,916.64

* Charities pay a small fee for our service. Find out how much it is and what we do for it.