My story

This page is to ask you to please support the charity The Vitiligo Society in the wake of my dad's and my recent achievment of summiting Mt Everest and in doing so completing the Seven Summits. We'd really, really appreciate any donation, however small!

My dad, Mark Shuttleworth, and I set out aiming to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents five years ago, and finally succeeding in fulfulling our dream at 6:10am on the 20th May 2012 by reaching the summit of Mt Everest. It's been an incredible journey and a wonderful climbing partnership, and the support, friends and experiences we've had along the way have been incredible.

Accomplishing these summits made me the youngest British female both to summit Everest and to complete the Seven Summits. We also became one of the very few father - daughter teams to ever have completed the Seven Summits challenge. 

So, why Vitiligo, and what is it? Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease of the skin that occurs when it loses the ability to hold onto its pigment, it's often related to severe self confidence issues and is even paired with leprosy in some cultures, resulting in grounds for divorce and unemployment. This is usually passed down through families and is permanent. Some people are born with it, others develop it later in life. My mum has vitiligo and is a member of The Vitiligo Society, and we want to support them in finding the cause and a cure for Vitiligo.

Please help us support this cause, it really does mean a lot, and you're money will be well used towards improving many people's quality of life.

You can find out more about our past and future endeavours at www.leannashuttleworth.com.

My charity

Vitiligo Society

Vitiligo Society

Charity Registration No. 1069607

Vitiligo is a common skin disease where patches of skin become milky-white and can develop in shape and size. The Vitiligo Society exists to relieve the distress and suffering of people with vitiligo. Hence our main emphasis and activities are to develop and provide “people support services”.

Donations 105

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A huge thank you to Mark and Leanne for inspiring our members! Capital Club DIFC

Donation by Lotte Gossage on 04/04/13

د.إ.‏ 500.00

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Please accept this donation on behalf ICAEW Middle East in relation to the event on 7th January with DSR Professional Training.

Donation by Sarah-Jane Carter on 07/01/13

د.إ.‏ 2,000.00

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Donation by Anonymous on 12/06/12

£10,000.00

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Donation by Anonymous on 10/06/12

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Donation by Anonymous on 08/06/12

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Fantastic achievement, very inspiring!

Donation by Lars-Erik Odman on 05/06/12

£20.00

Donation by BV Raju Sagiraju on 04/06/12

£20.00

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Awesome achievement Leanna and Mark, very well done. An inspiration to us all. Thank God you both returned safely. Now, what's next :-) ??

Donation by Andrew G, Dubai on 04/06/12

£50.00

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Congrats Mark & Leanna on reaching Everest summit. I was quite moved by your message May 22. Hope you write a book about your climbing.

Donation by Virginia Scruggs on 24/05/12

£20.00

Donation by Roger Hobill on 02/05/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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Write your personalised message here What a challenge, good luck to you both! From an old Loughborough High friend!

Donation by Sophie Dunn on 30/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Well done Mark! Good luck and all the best.

Donation by Said F. Nurmohamed on 27/04/12

£100.00

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Good luck guys

Donation by peter jodlowski on 19/04/12

£250.00

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Mark and Leanna, well done! It will a great achievement when you finish. Really good cause. All the best!

Donation by Rolf Meakin on 18/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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great cause , best of luck

Donation by thomas bolger on 15/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Very courageous thing to do and wonderful effort to help people with vitiligo. All the best.

Donation by sarojini Ariyanayagam on 04/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Anonymous on 31/03/12

£50.00

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Donation by Anonymous on 30/03/12

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Best of Luck! May Hermes be with you. Gergely

Donation by Gergely Abraham on 29/03/12

£50.00

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Quite incredible challenge. Good luck to the both of you, stay safe. Have to say you are keeping your old dad fit, best I've seen him look in years!

Donation by Isabel, Neil, Archie & Louie on 16/03/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Anonymous on 15/03/12

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Wishing you Leanna and your Dad so much love and luck - an awesome challenge xx with lots of love from Mum's 'old' school pal, Alison!!

Donation by Alison Kirk on 15/03/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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My prayers to the Almighty to cure and remove vitiligo.

Donation by Venkataraman Swaminathan on 14/03/12

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Best of luck. Incredible effort. Stay safe!

Donation by Prakash Bhagwat-Brown on 09/03/12

£50.00

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Donation by Anonymous on 06/03/12

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£51,352.94
  • Offline donations£0.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£51,352.94
  • Gift Aid£483.75

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