My story

In September 2012 I will be walking the 200 miles from Manchester to my place of birth, St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey.

St Peter’s Hospital has a renowned specialist Early Births Unit, with 9 cot spaces caring for babies born prematurely and with the complications that come with being born early and underweight.

 

The reason this cause is so close to me is because, in the early months of 1978, I was one of their little patients, born two months early and hitting the scales at 4lbs 0oz.

 

The Early Births Unit is fundraising to expand the unit to add an extra 3 cot spaces and buy the specialist equipment – each cot space costs around £80,000 to equip fully.

 

My walk starts on Friday 14 September, and I’ll be stopping at Buxton, Matlock Bath, Derby, Coalville and Nuneaton. After a day’s “breather” in Nuneaton I’ll be pressing on through Rugby, Towcester, Leighton Buzzard, Hemel Hempstead and Slough before arriving in Chertsey on Tuesday 25 September.

 

Thank you very much in advance for any donation you can make. Big or small it all helps.

 

Sarah x

 

 

 

My updates 2

We're 1/4 of the way to the thousand! Thank you everyone. I've also been in touch with the Communications Team at St Peters, and they'll be photoing / interviewing me for the local papers on the day I arrive. It's all starting to happen...

24/07/12 10:13

Thank you everyone who has donated so far, I'm amazed at your generosity! Thank you also to the unknown 14 people so far who have Liked this page on Facebook, it all spreads the word. Sarah x

02/07/12 17:04

My charity

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals Charitable Fund -EARLY BIRTHS FUND(NEONATAL UNIT)

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals Charitable Fund -EARLY BIRTHS FUND(NEONATAL UNIT)

Charity Registration No. 1058567

This Fund was set up in 2003 with the aim of raising £250,000 to provide 3 additional intensive care cots for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This was achieved in just two years with magnificent support from staff, families and the local community. Donated funds are utilized to purchase specialist equipment.

Donations 56

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Donation by Anonymous on 18/02/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Sarah, just as well you walk quicker than I worked out how to donate!! Congratulations Louise

Donation by Louise Goldwater on 18/02/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Thanks to Stella Whalley and Jo Botham.

Donation by Sarah Marshall on 04/10/12

£10.00

Donation by Anonymous on 03/10/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Donation by Anonymous on 01/10/12

£5.00

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Donations received from Cybercafe staff, Emma Knight, Cheryl Ashton and Jenni Hodkinson - many thanks all!

Donation by Sarah Marshall on 28/09/12

£65.00

Donation by Anonymous on 28/09/12

£3.00

Donation by Rose Clout on 28/09/12

£5.00

Donation by Anonymous on 27/09/12

£10.00

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Donation by Anonymous on 27/09/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 27/09/12

£40.00

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Hope your adventure's going well so far Sarah! See you soon! xx

Donation by Benjamin Thomas on 15/09/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Donation by Anonymous on 13/09/12

£5.00

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Donation by Kelly hill on 13/09/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 13/09/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good work Sarah! Good luck with everything..

Donation by Joshua Jones on 12/09/12

£4.00

+ £1.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 12/09/12

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Good luck Sarah!

Donation by Claire Croskery on 12/09/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Thanks to Wai, Kath and Oli Ng, and Jordan Cope for your generous donations :-)

Donation by Sarah Marshall on 07/09/12

£33.00

+ £8.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 04/09/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck Sarah! I hope the sun keeps shining for you. Perhaps now would be a good time to invest in some skate shoes? ;)

Donation by safreen on 03/09/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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An emergency Caesarean saved me, but not my twin brother. For Andrew and my brother, I'm donating.

Donation by Nicola Hawcroft-Heighway on 01/09/12

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As a premature baby myself, you have my full support in helping this very worthy cause. Best of luck from me and Nicola.

Donation by Andrew Heighway on 01/09/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 29/08/12

£4.50

+ £1.13 Gift Aid

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Don't forget the suncream! Have a wonderful day!

Donation by Margaret Wadrop on 29/08/12

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£625.50
  • Offline donations£5.00
  • Text donations£46.00
  • Total raised£676.50
  • Gift Aid£122.13

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