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I am planning to swim my fastest ever mile – for William’s Fund. I had planned to raise at least £100; however I am delighted to say I have already reached my target of £100, which is great, so have raised my goal to £300 to give myself to a greater challenge and also make a greater donation to this brilliant fund. I am swimming I mile on 7th May at Chalfont Leisure Centre pool - the pool is 25 metres so that’s 64 lengths. My swimming club coach is going to time me.
This will also form part of my Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award - the voluteering/fund raising element.
William’s Fund raises money for research into Childhood Cancers. It was established in February 2001 in memory of William Dodd, who died on December 12th 2000 at the age of 4 years and 9 months. I went to the same school as William when I was younger and we are friends with the Dodd family. William's Fund (which falls under the ORH Charitable Funds umbrella) has been raising monies since February 2001. In fact, Dr Mitchell, who was William's consultant is running the research programme and has no funding other than charity and no official fundraisers. All the profits raised by William's Fund go directly to the research programme. If you want to find out more about this fantastic charity then visit the web site www.williamsfund.co.uk Thank you so much again MattHere is some information about Just Giving:
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