Andrew Healey is fundraising for Leonard Cheshire Disability

Andrew Healey's Fundraising Page

Cycle London to Paris 2008

on 30/06/2008

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Raising money for

Leonard Cheshire Disability

Charity Registration No. 218186

Leonard Cheshire Disability supports over 21,000 disabled people in the UK and works in 55 countries around the world. We campaign for change and provide innovative services that give disabled people the opportunity to live life their way. Our services are wide ranging and include day and residential care homes, care at home, resource centres, rehabilitation, respite care and training and assistance for those looking for work. International services include inclusive education for disabled children, training and research to aid recovery in post-conflict and post-disaster countries, and improving access to advice and small business loans. Campaigning is a very important part of our work. Our Creature Discomforts campaign aims to challenge the way people think about and respond to disability in order to remove the barriers faced by disabled people. Registered Charity Number 218186

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Andrew Healey

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Raised: 119%

Target: £3,000.00
Raised so far: £3,584.00

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My story

Well that seemed to go OK.

I'm not sure whether my tactic of not looking at maps paid off. On the one hand, I wasn't put off by the size of the task: on the other, I had to believe people when they exhorted, "keep going, it's just around the corner" or "this is literally the last hill before Newhaven". But if they'd told the truth? Pouf! Le resultat, c'est le meme chose.

So anyway, I did it. It was hard work and Saturday was brutal, especially when the sun came out on the Parisian hills (hills? I thought that was just Montmartre). But I enjoyed myself, met some lovely people and (at the aftershow party) won the King of the Mountains shirt. This was on the basis that, as far as I was concerned, anything that wasn't actually downhill qualified as a mountain.

You can read a report and view some pics on my home page -- ahink.com -- and I understand LCD is putting some up too. I'll let you know. But thank you all for your support: c'etait magnifique!

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Leonard Cheshire Disability will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

Many thanks for your support.

	Well done Andy, A fellow LCD cyclist inspired me with your story and would like to pay my dues Donation by Tim Roberts 27/08/08	£45.00 + £12.69 Gift Aid
	BZ pal Donation by Jock Darroch 27/07/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Magnifique, c'est vrai. Donation by Mick Adkin 14/07/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Well done mate. Donation by Chris Deacon 12/07/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Bravo! C'est formidable! Donation by The only Cuban in the village... 11/07/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	fantastic, knew you'd do it! Donation by clare 07/07/08	£20.00
	Wanted to make sure you made it back first.... Donation by Duncan S Carmichael-Jack 02/07/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Allez, allez, allez, Monsieur Healey - which just about exhausts my French vocab! Donation by Scott Wilson 26/06/08	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	I take the dogs out for a walk, and it ends up costing me money! Donation by willaim adkin 23/06/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	You can do it - they say its the first 150 miles that are the worst ! Donation by The Greaves Family 20/06/08	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£3,584.00
Offline donations:	£0.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£558.18

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