Andy Drysdale is fundraising for Freeman Heart & Lung Transplant Association

Andy Drysdale's Fundraising Page

British Transplant Games

on 30/07/2009

I'm already in training!?!?

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Raising money for

Freeman Heart & Lung Transplant Association

Charity Registration No. 700730

To help and support transplant patients of the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne both financially and by providing facilities for recreation to enable them to improve their condition. Also to educate the public of the need for organ donation.

Page owner

Andy Drysdale

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Raised: 97%

Target: £3,000.00
Raised so far: £2,895.00

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My story

When just 24 years of age, and normally “fit as a fiddle”, I found myself facing Britain’s biggest killer – heart disease. At that time, in 2007, I broke an unenviable European record by waiting just 50 hours for a new heart to be found and transplanted when the average waiting time for a new heart is over 100 days.

And today I am wasting no time getting to grips with my own fitness while helping to raise funds for the hospital that saved me. I have entered my first British Transplant Games, to be held in Coventry this summer, and organised on behalf of Transplant Sport .

The aim of The Games is to encourage transplant patients back to fitness and promote friendship and co-operation between individuals who have experienced transplants. But I have a bigger target in mind than even that. I will be entering the games and whilst not 100% on the events, I plan to enter something like 100m, 200m, 800m, 100 metre relay, darts and high jump to raise cash for the Freeman Heart & Lung Transplant Association.

I have set up this website with a very ambitious target to raise £3,000 for the FHLTA however in truth my main aim is to simply raise the profile of organ donation and to get more people on the donor register - check it out www.uktransplant.org.uk.

That would really be a target worth achieving.

Thank you for reading and if you have, for sponsoring me. If you leave an email address in the comments box I will email you of my progress at the games and some pics too. Thanks agian.

	Well done on all you have achieved. Donation by Jonathan, Bellyflop.tv 08/09/09	£120.00
	Well done, worthy cause.. Donation by Paul Hopwood 02/09/09	£10.00
	Everybody needs good neighbours - thank you!! Donation by Reene, Don, Debs, Mike & Sophie 04/08/09	£30.00
	well done andy, nearly there Donation by terry & norma 03/08/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Andy Donation by Fran & Phil 01/08/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck fella, hope this helps towards you reaching your goal!! Donation by Nezzer 01/08/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Mate. See you Sunday - I'm expecting to see you win a few golds!!! Donation by David Jenkins 01/08/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Welcome, sorry my donation is late, but better late than never, give my love to Michael. Donation by michelle harris 31/07/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Great work Andy, good luck at the Games. Donation by Adam Jubb 29/07/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	All the best Andy lad!!! Go for it! Donation by Neil & Charlette 28/07/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck mate Donation by simon shuttleworth 26/07/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck from everyone at ESA McIntosh Donation by Ramsay McDonald 24/07/09	£50.00
	Good luck pal. Donation by Martyn Knowles 22/07/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Great photo! Have a fantastic Event - bring the golds home! Best wishes Phil Donation by Phil Calland 17/07/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Thanks Donation by J Kett 16/07/09	£2.00
	Difficult to understand what you must of been through but I think you do a great job of raising awareness, well done and good luck for the games. Donation by Daniel Easthope 10/07/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Angelina forgetting the bucket! Donation by More Carillion Staff @ Media Hub 10/07/09	£2.00
	Thank you to all at the Carillion Olympic Media Hub site for taking part in "Dress Red" day. It means a great deal to me.... Donation by Carillion Staff @ Media Hub, London 10/07/09	£131.00
	go for it andy !! Donation by Lauren Bennett 08/07/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well Done! Donation by Anon 05/07/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Great work Andy.. Donation by Nigel Maddison 05/07/09	£10.00
	Get some medals back for us!! Donation by Martin Drysdale 05/07/09	£20.00
	Cakes, coffee & TRAINING!!! Donation by Anon 05/07/09	£190.00 + £53.59 Gift Aid
	Keep up the good work Donation by Nerina 03/07/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good Luck buddy and bring on a nine dart finish Donation by Mark Midgley 19/06/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Cheers James Donation by James Connelly 11/06/09	£5.00
	Good luck - hope you enjoy the games and acheive all of your targets Donation by Anne 09/06/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck at the event, make the training worthwhile and pace yourself on the middle distance races Donation by Gavin Smith 03/06/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Go on chief... Bring it home!!! Donation by Pete Heyes 03/06/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Donation by Joe le Roux 01/06/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£2,695.00
Offline donations:	£200.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£571.15

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