Colin Stuttard is fundraising for The Dame Vera Lynn Trust For Children With Cerebral Palsy

Colin Stuttard's Fundraising Page

Cycling London to Malaga

on 01/05/2009

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Raising money for

The Dame Vera Lynn Trust For Children With Cerebral Palsy

Charity Registration No. 1089657

The Dame Vera Lynn School for Parents is a unique service for families of young children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. Parents and children learn daily living skills together using the principles of Conductive Education.

The ethos of School for Parents is active learning through play. The children learn alongside their parents using guidelines from the Early Years curriculum incorporated within the holistic practice of Conductive Education

The emphasis in School for Parents is to provide strong practical support for all parents who have children with special needs within a mutually sympathetic and encouraging environment.

The service is provided totally free and is open to all. We receive no statutory funding and rely entirely on voluntary contributions. Your support will directly help a child with \Cerebral Palsy.

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Colin Stuttard

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Raised: 111%

Target: £10,000.00
Raised so far: £11,100.00

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My story

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page.

As you may know, my 2 year old grandson, Adam, has cerebral palsy and has been attending an incredible place in Billingshurst for a year or so now called The Dame Vera Lynn School for Parents of Children with Cerebral Palsy. This school provides help to Adam and his family in learning to cope with his condition and helping him to lead the most independent life possible. The school provides all of its services free of charge and helps out around 60 families at any one time. However, it survives purely on donations, without any government assistance. It's an amazing service for children up to 5 years old which isn't available on the NHS - so I am determined to do my bit to ensure that it can continue to help Adam and others like him.

Therefore, I am attempting to cycle solo from the school in Billinghurst, just outside Gatwick, to Malaga, Spain - about 2,000 miles (including the odd mountain range!!!) . Should I manage to complete it, the trip should take about 30 days.

At my age, (and in my physical condition) this may well be considered foolhardy. However, always having been a man of extremes and rarely taking the advice of people who know better, I intend to give it my best shot and hope you will help me to hit my target for this very worthy cause.

I intend to post a daily report of my progress along the route onto the internet and ultimately provide a DVD of the whole trip to whoever may be interested. Please let me know if you'd like a copy. My e-mail address is cstuttard@aol.com - feel free to send me your messages of support / advice / ridicule along the way!

Final Result.

I completed the ride to Malaga in 29 days, I covered a total of 1785.6 miles.

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed.

Colin stuttard.

	I only agreed to donate because I was convinced you would never make it! Donation by Terry Earnshaw 09/07/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Well done we knew you could do it Donation by David Phillips 06/07/09	£200.00
	What an amazing feat, well done. Donation by Mike & Helen Clark 03/07/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Thank you Donation by PTS Oldham 01/07/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	a few cash donations from work colleagues Donation by Andy Wyatt 28/06/09	£55.00 + £15.51 Gift Aid
	Well done but I have expended a similar amount of energy getting through this site!! Not really...almost. Donation by JENNIFER HAINSWORTH 27/06/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Well Done. Donation by Olga Bradbury 27/06/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by David Rossborough 15/06/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done Donation by sue orman 15/06/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done Donation by clare 15/06/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Thank you Donation by David & Wife from Site in Logrono 13/06/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Many thanks Donation by Phil & Jackie 13/06/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	well done Donation by RKH 12/06/09	£150.00 + £42.31 Gift Aid
	As promised... Donation by Chris King 12/06/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Well done to all of you - brilliant effort! Donation by Angela & Tony Cowlam 11/06/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	well done Donation by Ronan 08/06/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Donation by Sarah 08/06/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Alexis 08/06/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	SOD IT!! I thought my 25 quid was safe ! Donation by Rod Taylor 06/06/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Donation by Mark Newman 04/06/09	£100.00
	fantastic achievement!!! Donation by Deborah Weston 03/06/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Nick Burkinshaw 03/06/09	£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid
	Fantastic idea - well done! Donation by Paul, Sue, Sam and Scott Henry 03/06/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well Done Donation by Andy 03/06/09	£55.00 + £15.51 Gift Aid
	Donation by Mike and Trixie Smith 02/06/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck to you all - go Will Farmer and Smithers !!! Donation by Sarah Jeeves 02/06/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck Donation by Pams friend 26/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Keep going Donation by Lucy Farmer 21/05/09	£50.00
	Donation by anon 17/05/09	£25.00
	well done - incl the Catlin team Donation by Ed Nicholson 15/05/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£8,934.00
Offline donations:	£2,166.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£1,952.92

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