What and why am I doing this?

In early August 2017, I will be swimming in the COSMIC Rays team across the English Channel, in aid of Children of St Mary’s Intensive Care (COSMIC) charity. COSMIC, as many of you know, is a charity very close to my heart having spent 1 week on the paediatric intensive care unit when I had meningitis in 1998.

The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit is a national and internationally renowned centre for treating children with life-threatening conditions. Every year the unit admits around 400 critically ill children and many lives are saved. The unit founded 25 years ago by Dr Parviz Habibi is now being expanded to accommodate 15 beds.

I will swim without a wetsuit as part of the relay to France, possibly overnight in pitch black darkness, in the cold sea (bone chilling 16 degrees) on a tide between 7th-14th August.

My target is to raise £2500, for this wonderful cause and any help towards achieving this will be greatly appreciated.

Dr Parviz Habibi said:

"We are training two relay teams (COSMIC Rays) each with 4 swimmers. Each person will swim for an hour at a time handing over to the next swimmer until the team reaches France. Please help us achieve our target of £12k per team, which will go towards supporting families of critically ill the unit.  Children are our future! Help us save more lives!"

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page and for helping me reach my target.

Jo

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