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

 

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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

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Good luck walking up that hill - make sure you all come back safe

Donation by Simon Bate on 27/01/12

£40.00

+ £10.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck Mike to you and the gang on your trek. We'll all be thinking of you.

Donation by Anthony Prigent on 27/01/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Mike and everyone - you are truly making a difference. Look after each other on your travels x

Donation by Rachel Tinworth on 26/01/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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So proud of you mike. You are an amazing husband and father. X

Donation by Lisa Brown on 26/01/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Look forward to your next challenges mike

Donation by barry yates on 26/01/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Best of luck mate! Mike and family x

Donation by Mike Roberts on 26/01/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Mike! all the best Jackie x

Donation by jackie brown on 24/01/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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I've just added a £250 offline donation from those fantastic people at News International. Thank you to Diane Scott for your continued support.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 12/01/12

£2.00

+ £0.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck with reaching your traget - not far to go now!

Donation by Linda Hall on 12/01/12

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Good luck!

Donation by Frances Roche on 04/01/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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This money was donated by Linfords Fish and Chips of Market Deeping. It was raised at their Christmas Charity Day. Thank you to all at Linfords.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 28/12/11

£500.00

+ £125.00 Gift Aid

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This is a donation via Ken and Babs Davidson.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 28/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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This is a donation from an old college friend I bumped into in Stamford over Christmas. Thank you Nick Clipston.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 28/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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This money was raised by Northborough Primary School who donated instead of sending Christmas cards. Thanks to Mim Goldsmith.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 28/12/11

£63.00

+ £15.75 Gift Aid

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heres to a great 2012 of fund raising! Happy Christmas x

Donation by JAYNE REED on 22/12/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Naomi Hand on 22/12/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Mike, just home visiting Mum and Dad and read your story. Amazing challenges you have taken on. Wishing you lots of luck. Toni (Wood)

Donation by Toni Attwood on 21/12/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Money raised from the bag packing day at Tesco Market Deeping on Sunday 11th December. Thank you to Tesco and all who helped

Donation by Michael Shattock on 13/12/11

£523.56

+ £130.89 Gift Aid

Wishing you the very best of luck with your challenge Mike. Well done so far. We'll be watching your progress.

Donation by Linda Smith on 12/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

This is for an offline donation for £150 from Deepings Heritage Group. The money was raised at the groups recent talk by Dr. Jonathan Foyle.

Donation by Michael Shattock on 09/12/11

Donation by Michael Shattock on 09/12/11

£2.00

+ £0.50 Gift Aid

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This is a very generous donation from my neighbours the Wright family. Thank you so much for your support. Mike

Donation by Michael Shattock on 09/12/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Well done Mike and good luck with the rest of the fundraising.

Donation by Ian Dunk on 22/11/11

£25.00

Well done Michael! Inspirational stuff mate.

Donation by Keith Webber on 13/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Laura Langford on 11/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$22,416.16
  • Offline donations$20,355.80
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$42,771.96
  • Gift Aid$4,926.88

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