Frances Greenall is fundraising for Bliss, for babies born too soon, too small, too sick

First marathon at 50

Flora London Marathon 2004

on 18/04/2004

Finished the first half marathon!

Photos (1)

oh wow, you need to have Flash player installed and javascript enabled

Raising money for

Bliss, for babies born too soon, too small, too sick

Charity Registration No. 1002973, Registered Scottish Charity SC040878

Bliss is the UK charity that cares for premature and sick babies. We are dedicated to ensuring that babies survive and go on to have the best possible quality of life. We provide practical and emotional support for families during an extremely difficult time, so they can give the best care to their babies. Our specialist study days and training supports doctors and nurses to develop their skills. We fund research to improve the care of all sick and premature babies. We raise awareness of the issues affecting special care babies and fight for essential change within government and the NHS.

Page owner

Frances Greenall

RSS

Raised: 30%

Target: £2,500.00
Raised so far: £748.51

Donate now

My story

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. This marathon attempt is very special for two reasons. Firstly I have decided to celebrate my 50th year by doing something I have wanted to do for a long time, run the Flora London Marathon. My second reason is my passion for my work, looking after the smallest premature and sick newborn babies. To do this takes lots of special equipment and people and Bliss are involved in both aspects of helping. Equipment is expensive. A special pump to give fluids into a tiny vein costs about £3000. An electric breast pump costs £1800 and allows a mum to express and freeze her life giving breast milk for her tiny baby until the baby is ready to be given breast milk. Please consider sponsoring me, and lets see if I can beat my target
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: BLISS 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.

So please sponsor me now!

Many thanks for your support.
I will keep you all updated. So far training is going well and I have already been promised £651

	Good luck Frances and well done Donation by Deborah Allan 20/04/04	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	50 what mph maybe Donation by Colin Rigby 20/03/04	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Go For it Frances - you can do it! Donation by Lyn Child 04/03/04	£20.00
	What a fantastic way to celebrate your 50th birthday Donation by Dickon Crawford 28/02/04	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	;-) Look after the pennys and the pounds will look after themselves! Go Anty!! Donation by Richard Greenall 27/02/04	£7.51
	Have a great day! Donation by Geoff Dillon 27/02/04	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Keep training and we'll enjoy our big day! Donation by Karen Ayers 27/02/04	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donate now

* Total raised online:	£97.51
Offline donations:	£651.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£19.74

* Charities pay a small fee for our service.
Find out how much it is and what we do for it.