Adrian Crookes is fundraising for Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds

Adrian's craniofacial & childrens fund

Asics Reading Half Marathon 2007

on 25/03/2007

Lucy & me 5 mins before her operation.

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Raising money for

Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds

Charity Registration No. 1057295

The Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals (ORH) Charitable Funds is the umbrella charity for over 700 funds supporting projects across the ORH NHS Trust that enhance services and facilities for patients and staff. These range from support for particular wards, at the John Radcliffe, Churchill and Horton Hospitals, to larger fundraising campaigns to support major developments such as the new Oxford Cancer Centre, the Oxford Children's Hospital, the Geratology Appeal and the Oxford Heart Centre expansion. As one of the foremost teaching trusts in the UK, the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals enjoy a national and international reputation in fields such as cancer and cranio-facial surgery. Please give generously - your support enables us to provide the best possible healthcare in the best possible setting, to a standard far higher than the NHS alone would be able to afford.

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Adrian Crookes

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Raised: 139%

Target: £5,000.00
Raised so far: £6,938.85

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My story

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. I am running the Reading half marathon on Sunday 25th March 2007 in aid of the craniofacial unit charity and the Childrens hospital charity in Oxford (split 50/50) so please dig deep and sponsor me online.

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds 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 of you will know what Lucy (our daughter) had to endure in the first 18 months of her life, lurching from one illness to the next a few ending up in admissions to the John Radcliffe childrens wards in Oxford. Lucy then had to undergo major surgery to remodel her skull in August 2005 as she was diagnosed with a condition called Saggital Craniosynostosis. Lucy was one of the "lucky" ones, her condition was non-syndromic which meant that a one-off surgical intervention (although major!) should solve her condition (she will be reviewed every year until about aged 18). Many other children who have other types of synostosis are not so lucky and have to undergo years of painful reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation. This time in our lives was hugely difficult, the uncertainty, the worry, the decision making. It is, and will be for the rest of our lives, an inspiration to us to see how Lucy and other similar kiddies cope so admirably with these conditions.

The Craniofacial team in Oxford and the wider teams on the childrens wards are hugely skilled & committed to the cause. What would we have done without them? Well, we can only wonder, but this is our way of paying something back to them and to the other children they look after.

Thank you so much for spending your time and money to sponsor me.

Adrian

PS If you want to read more about Lucy's story please click here.

PPS If you want an example of another little boy's story who was treated in Oxford please click here. I am sure you will find it both emotional and inspirational.

PPPS If you want more general information about the Craniofacial unit in Oxford and the different craniosynostosis conditions then please click here

	Donation by Adrian 14/05/07	£9.00 + £2.54 Gift Aid
	Well done, Adrian Donation by Chris Hurst 27/04/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Adrian 26/04/07	£5.00
	Donation by Adrian 18/04/07	£5.00
	Thanks Anne. Donation by Adrian Crookes 11/04/07	£50.00
	Donation by Various 11/04/07	£169.00
	Better late than never! Donation by Jaz 06/04/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Better late than never, hope it went well. Maddalena was born on the 2nd March, great days. Donation by Jason, Irene and Maddi. 04/04/07	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Donation by Various 30/03/07	£120.00
	Wel done! Donation by Jon and Caroline 26/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	All the best Donation by Aurora & Steve 26/03/07	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Donation by Various 26/03/07	£50.00
	You made your target...here's to the next £1000 Donation by Niki (ORH) 26/03/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	CIao From Alex Donation by Alex 24/03/07	£20.00
	Donation by Various 23/03/07	£70.00
	Faster!! C'mon Adrian, you won't raise any money going that slow! Donation by Martin, Sarah, Millie & Alfred 23/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Hope, you have some fun Donation by Guido and Kerstin 21/03/07	£50.00
	best of luck - try a triathlon next! Donation by Andrew Fenton 21/03/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Come on daddy!! Donation by Lucy & Holly 20/03/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	keep those legs moving!! Donation by Richard 20/03/07	£75.00 + £21.15 Gift Aid
	Good luck!!! Donation by Christine 20/03/07	£75.00
	Donation by chriscou 20/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Will you be raising money for the knee surgery unit next year? Donation by John Leonard 20/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Hope your knee'll be OK Donation by Estelle, Mark, Sebastien and Phoebe 20/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by rwa 20/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Donation by Manfred & Ulla 19/03/07	£25.00
	ODU Lottery winnings Donation by Michael 19/03/07	£36.00 + £10.15 Gift Aid
	Good luck Adrian Donation by Lesley 19/03/07	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Donation by Kate, Jake & Holly 19/03/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Donation by Rita 19/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£4,809.15
Offline donations:	£2,129.70
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£903.13

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