Charan Sekhon
Event: Virgin London Marathon 2012 on 22/04/2012
In memory of: Mr Raminder Singh Gill
£2,798.00 raised of £3,500.00 target
55 donations
My Target:
£3,500.00
£2,798.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/london-marathon4papworth-trust-c-sekhon
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By text message to donate £10 Text OTLG68 £10
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My story
Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. So please dig deep and donate now.
Now a little bit about the challenge. The London Marathon (around 26.2 miles running distance) is one of the biggest running events in the world and one of the five top world marathons. Why am I doing this?
‘’The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service’’ - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
With your help and kind support I am trying to make a small effort in remembering 4 very special people of Bedford who did 'active charity and willing service' the above quote talks about.
They did an amazing charity work & service for many Sikh charities including Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara, Kempston (Beds) & Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Bedford. It was a big shock for the entire local community especially the Sikh community losing our dedicated community workers in the recent years.
Mr Raminder Singh Gill (24/12/35 – 06/02/11), Mr Lal Singh Gill (09/12/32 - 12/02/12), Mr Bhajan (Bill) Singh Sohal (06/10/60 – 02/12/2010) and Mr Manjit Singh Gill (27/03/55 – 02/02/09). All 4 worked tirelessly to support the local community.
Mr RS Gill & Mr LS Gill were the key founder members in setting up the first Sikh charity and a community centre in Bedford around 40 years ago. A series of major back operations followed by severe disabilities did not stop Mr RS Gill from carrying on his good work and supporting the charity. Mr LS Gill played a leading role in setting up the first Punjabi Language (Free School) in Bedford. He retired as a school teacher (Beds LEA) and gave a huge input first at Guru Nanak Gurdwara and then Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara. Both Mr RS & LS Gill served on the management committees covering a wide range of responsibilities. They spent a significant time together discussing the community issues and helping the Sikh charities in making significant progress and with many fund raising campaigns.
Bill and Manjit both played a key role in extending the services of the Sikh charity to the wider communities in Bedfordshire. They played a leading role in establishing a community centre in Kempston which offers a wide range of facilities to the youngsters and the elderly. All the staff and the workers associated with this charity offer their services absolutely free of charge - all unpaid voluntary workers helping the local communities as well as other charities in line with the basic principle Guru Nanak Dev Ji (the founder of the Sikh religion) gave to this world - ‘Sewa’ - Free Community Service ‘Kirat’ & ‘Naam’ Honest Earnings while remembering the Lord and 'Wand kay Shako' – Share with Others.
Why am I requesting for your kind support for Papworth Trust? The Trust is almost 100 years old, started in 1917 as a tuberculosis settlement, Papworth Trust has always worked with disabled people. For the last 50 years, Trust’s work has focused on providing disabled people with employment support, accommodation, care, advice and other services.
Papworth Trust is supporting over 20, 000 disabled people each year and is part of one of the largest disability charities in the East of England. The main services include offering accessible housing and adaptations so people can stay in their homes, supporting vocational training, leisure activities and social enterprises, enabling people to live independently, rehabilitation programme to people who have acquired a disability and supporting people to find jobs
Mother Teresa once said ‘We can do no great things, only small things with great love’
Every £1 you donate to Papworth Trust, 93p is used directly supporting disabled people.
Why your support is so important? There are around 11 million disabled adults in the UK – around 18% of the population! So your contribution can help many directly or indirectly.
Your local businesses, employers can also play a very important role. My employer ‘The Environment Agency’ Brampton Office first became involved with Papworth Trust through offering work experience opportunities to disadvantaged people on an employment programme. This resulted in a number of people gaining permanent positions. The staff also got involved in a number of fund raising events and this is how I found out more about the Trust and their amazing work.
I would like to thank you for visiting my page and any kind amount you could offer to support the Trust, will be greatly appreciated.
My gallery 9
My updates 2
Dear Friends I managed to complete the run. All went as planned just over mid way mark (15 miles) I had a bad cramp and needed treatment. Anyway I managed to reach the finish line under 5hr30min and last 5 miles were a real struggle, Once again a big thank for your kind support.
I am so grateful for your support. Online donations & local fundraising campaigns to-date have raised over £2100 for Papworth Trust and the donations are still coming in. I am overwhelmed at the level of the support I received. Thank you for your kind support.
My charity
The Papworth Trust
Charity Registration No. 211234
Papworth Trust is a leading disability charity. We support over 20,000 people each year through a wide range of services, including accessible housing, personal care, leisure and learning activities, employment services and rehabilitation. To find out more, please visit www.papworth.org.uk.
Donations 55
Very well done Charan, it is a good cause.
Donation by Narinder Bhullar on 07/05/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Well done Charan!
Donation by Rajkumar Roy on 28/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done Charan, it is the cause that counts. The time is not important and I'm sure you think the pain was worth it!
Donation by George Large on 27/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
well done charn
Donation by o p yadav on 24/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Charan, running a marathon in honour of 4 great men, lost by our community Billa would say " Chard Di Khalla " Billa Pally Imraj & Vicram
Donation by pally Sohal on 23/04/12
£101.00
+ £25.25 Gift Aid
Well Done Charan! Keep the great work up !
Donation by Swarn Ghataura on 22/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Dear Charan,WGJKK-WGJKF may the Almighty Waheguru Ji be with you all the way!!! God Bless always!!!
Donation by Perminder-singh&Satinderjit-kaur,KK&AS on 21/04/12
£35.00
+ £8.75 Gift Aid
Good luck - all the best!
Donation by Angela Nyamarebvu on 20/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. Good luck with the run.. x
Donation by Gill, Sohi and Sandhu Family on 16/04/12
£150.00
+ £37.50 Gift Aid
Good luck and wish you all the best!
Donation by Bhupinder Sekhon on 14/04/12
£25.00
Good Luck and all the best.
Donation by Ranjan Chouhan on 13/04/12
Well done for taking part and good luck for a good finish.
Donation by Balbir S Randhawa on 12/04/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Oye Chak de phatte
Donation by Rajinder Singh on 09/04/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Good Luck Fella
Donation by Richard Eyre on 09/04/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck!
Donation by Dalvir Panesar on 05/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by RAMINDER RANGER on 02/04/12
£100.00
Donation by Japjeet Jhutti on 28/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
To be a source for good works makes one into a bright shining star in the dark night. Best Wishes and plenty of good health.
Donation by Ootum Ramlagan on 10/03/12
£40.00
+ £10.00 Gift Aid
Good luck just be aware of the speed cameras. Ranbir Singh Kalirai
Donation by Ranbir singh Kalirai on 09/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good Luck Charan Sukhpal Gill, Sanjit and Narvin
Donation by Sanjit Gill on 08/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Good Luck and all the best. Amarjit and Mukhtar Garcha.
Donation by Amy Garcha on 05/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck. May the weather be kind to you.
Donation by Manmander Singh on 05/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
KEEP ON RUNNING ! GOOD LUCK! NICK,JASHPAL +KIDS
Donation by rujbinder birring on 29/02/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Best of luck Charan
Donation by Amrit and Poonam Bahia on 28/02/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Good luck. Under 4:15 and I'm happy to double it!
Donation by Peter Cooke on 27/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£1,766.00
- Offline donations£1,032.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£2,798.00
- Gift Aid£380.25
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