william Fleming

LEG IT UP FOR LUPUS

Fundraising for LUPUS UK
£2,358
raised of £2,500 target
by 46 supporters
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In memory of Linda Fleming
LUPUS UK

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We fund medical research to help find a cure for Lupus

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 Date of event is 1st August 2015
Hi we are raising funds for Lupus UK & Morriston Hospital ITU in memory of our daughter Linda who sadly passed away March 2012  after many years living with lupus she was just 29 years young.
This site is dedicated to the memory of Linda Fleming.
To raise money for the above we are a group of novice bike riders  where we will start at
Morristons Hospital  Swansea on 01/08/15  
approximately 10 am and  put on a display of Lupus gifts to purchase, some freebies, Lolly Lucky Dip to win prizes, tombola and a Static bike warm up session, Face painting,  to raise much awareness & needed funds, come and visit us meet the team support the Charity & help the Hospital, donate and leave with a prize and the memory of helping someone in need, from there the bike riders and support vehicles will leave the hospital grounds from Car park D SA6 6NL at midnight that evening (Sat 1st Aug 2015) , we will be making our way back to Bradford in West Yorkshire following a similar route as when the coroners staff brought Linda home by their road transport to her resting place. The route will be displayed on this site, Facebook & Twitter. We hope to arrive no later than 36 hours from the start point and arriving at Nandos BD1 5LD approximately 3 pm on the 3rd August 2015
Please visit and support the cause if you can, meet the team support the charity, donate and leave with a prize/freebie and the memory of helping someone in need of your help.
We will be riding our bikes for the full distance of 250 miles and want to complete the distance in under 36 hours, the bike riders, Andrew, Sam & Bill will be stopping at designated NANDOS RESTAURANTS along the way to raise awareness, collect more donations, hand out freebies and you can have a go at winning a lolly prize & tombola.
The Nandos locations  are :.
UPDATE 01.03.15
1, stop is Shrewsbury nandos SY3 7ET
2, stop is nandos Cheshire oaks CH65 9HD
3, stop is nandos Bradford BD1 5LD.

We aim to raffle the bikes used as a prize along with other prizes  at the end of the ride to raise money, details to follow.
Update 31.03.15
Raffle tickets are now available to purchase at £1 each see our events page for details

Funds collected throughout the event will be shared between
 Lupus UK  & Morriston Hospital.

Each team member has a sponsor form for you to sponsor them with fixed amounts of money or pay per mile as you feel comfortable with.
There are many ways available to enable you to donate they are listed below.
 Please donate generously and give whatever you can as every donation helps.

 you can text donate any amount £5  LINF88 to 70070

Your can donate using this just giving web site. click on Donate.

We will accept cash donations on the day at event locations through Lupus charity receptacles only available on site by members of the Lupus team.
And of course there's the fundraising forms that each member has for you to sponsor them.


This event is also open to any individuals or groups who would like  to raise funds for LUPUSUK or MORRISTON HOSPITAL.  through any other method of your choice to raise funds for these charities would be great, for further details contact us on Facebook

Keep up to date of things happening by visiting us on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Legitupforlupus?pnref=lhc

https://www.facebook.com/events/upcoming

A BIG thank you for supporting us with this event and the charities involved, Please visit us at the locations and support our cause.

From  Andrew,Bill & Carole, Sam & Christina.

The Leg It For Lupus Team.

We have many organisations wanting to be involved one of them being an American style Basketball team (details to follow).
One other is a local Artist willing to help with this cause,
(details to follow).
Many
 work colleagues, friends & family from our Lupus team members have pledged to donate to the cause.

Thank you very much for your support.
Training for this event by our Novice bike riders will start at the beginning of the new year 2015

Training has started by all riders and the rest of the team are gathering momentum in the organising of the event Jan/Feb 2015.

March 2015
The team have all worked hard to get the last few things in place and I can report that all is going well.
Training is well under way steady and progressing is the word  weather not helping much .
Support for the event is growing but funds are a little slow so we need help to get to our target Please.
Raffle tickets now available to purchase with some Fab prizes to win.

Training is well under way and were getting a little better at the cycling, lots of the loose ends have now been finalised with just a few small items to complete but overall its all on track and will go ahead as planned

The Lord mayor of Bradford is the dignitary who will get the event off to a good start and will draw the tickets for the raffle draw, calendar and pulse radio along with the T&A paper have been invited to attend



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About the charity

LUPUS UK

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LUPUS UK is the only National Charity which supports people with the immune system illness Lupus. We have a number of groups throughout the UK and support over 5,000 members through these groups. We also provide funding for medical research into this life threatening and debilitating illness.

Donation summary

Total raised
£2,357.48
+ £231.12 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,032.48
Offline donations
£1,325.00

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