Race to The Eye
Event: Voluntary Service Overseas - Race to the Eye on 01/04/2012
Team Members: 250 fine people
£14,625.00 raised of £15,000.00 target
63 donations
My Target:
£15,000.00
£14,625.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/racetotheeye
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My story
Four teams – one goal. The London Eye!
Take part in what will be a great day out in London by walking a 30km circular route from/to the London Eye in London's newest charity event Race to the Eye. Meet new people, get some exercise and help raise money for a truly amazing charity VSO.
How to sign-up: It costs just £20 to register - Just donate the money to this Just Giving Page and state your free T-shirt size (e.g. Joe Bloggs - Large)
Next Steps: Read the below to get more details about the challenge, after party and fundraising. We are trying to raise £50,000 for VSO which works out about £200 per person, we have written guidelines for this to make it easy for you. Click on ‘Read more of my story’ below for more details…
Details, details, details...
When: Sunday April 1st - 10am registration in Whitehall Gardens (It's the park in-between the Tattershal castle and the Liberal Club).10.30am start. Finish walk between 15:00 – 18:00, there’s no rush. Celebration drinks until 21:00
Participation: This is open to anyone at all! Bring friends, family, colleagues and clients
Places: We are aiming for 250 participants – the more the merrier!
The Charity: We are raising money for VSO – the world leading international development charity that works through volunteers. Money raised will support Skills to Succeed aligned projects and we are aiming to provide 1000 people around the world with the skills to get jobs, contribute to their communities and lead successful lives
The Challenge:
· Four teams will meet by the London Eye, grab their team T-Shirt and then each set off at about 10.30 in opposite directions and on opposite banks of the Thames and ‘race’ back to the London Eye. This is as fun or as competitive as you want… you can walk, run or hop if you want... It’s meant to be fun!
· The 30km routes along the Thames Path each loop back to the finish point at the London Eye. Please download our routes sheet to see more
Prizes: We have some great prizes for the highest fundraiser (genuinely a great prize) and if you raise over £200 we will also enter you into a raffle with some other fantastic goodies.
After party: There will be an after party where you can enjoy some celebratory food and drinks on the 'Tattershall Castle' (a permanently moored boat on opposite the London Eye), including the raffle and prize giving.
So, here’s what you need to do to take part…
Register: It costs just £20 to register – this will give you a free T-Shirt and drink on your safe return. Please donate on this page and provide: Your name and T-shirt size (e.g. Paul Gurney – XL). Then email Rob Thorburn at VSO (robert.thorburn@vso.org.uk) with your full name and he'll get in touch with further details about the event.
Fundraise: We are trying to raise £50,000 which works out at about £200 per person. To make this easy, we have written a JustGiving help sheet to guide you in setting up a justgiving page and even written you some text to put on it.
Choose a team: We have four teams – please choose one at the team sign up website. It really doesn’t matter which team you sign up to – they all end up in the same place! If you want to take part as a group – it is probably easiest if you sign up as a group (see site for details). Ideally please sign up for the team with the least participants so we have equal sized teams.
Turn up and have an amazing day: We look forward to a great day come rain or shine! Please download our routes sheet if you want some help with the route (it is almost impossible to get lost!)
Best of luck with the fundraising!!
If you have any questions please contact events@vso.org.uk or, paul.gurney@accenture.com.
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My charity
Voluntary Service Overseas
Charity Registration No. 313757
VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. VSO's high-impact approach involves bringing people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action, and change lives to make the world a fairer place for all. Everyday around 1,500 VSO volunteers are working in carefully selected placements, sharing their and experience and working to tackle poverty by empowering those really affected by it.
Donations 63
Small please! looking forward to the event.
Donation by George Roux on 31/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Large T-Shirt please!
Donation by Taryn Strong on 31/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
good luck!
Donation by Olly on 31/03/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Look forward to seeing you there...Aimie(large t-shirt pls)
Donation by Aimie Chapple on 31/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Size - Small please. yikes - can't believe its 2 days away!
Donation by Antonia Keun on 30/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Small T-shirt please! Good luck everyone :)
Donation by Ruchi Malhotra on 30/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Anna Farr - Medium Simon Macfarlane - Large Paula Aamli is also in our team and has already registered - she would like a medium tee please
Donation by Anna Farr on 29/03/12
£40.00
+ £10.00 Gift Aid
I'd like a medium T-Shirt please.
Donation by Simon Rosbottom on 28/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Paula Aamli on 28/03/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Hi Paul, thanks for organising this! Medium size t-shirt for me please :) Cheers
Donation by Isabel de Villota on 27/03/12
£20.00
A great challenge for a great cause! Good luck - wish I could be there!
Donation by Sam Contractor on 27/03/12
Anna McKinven - Small t-shirt please!
Donation by Anna McKinven on 27/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Small please and a medium for nick badger below, he forgot to put his shirt size!
Donation by Rachael holmes on 26/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Super small!
Donation by Rita Bulusu on 26/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Don't worry about a t, too many already, put money to charity
Donation by David Hellard on 26/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Small t-shirt please!
Donation by Kimberley Munro on 26/03/12
Donation by Nicholas Badger on 26/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Looking forward to it!! Small T-Shirt please
Donation by Salma Ajraoui on 26/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Medium or large please for me Small Medium for daughter
Donation by Anonymous on 25/03/12
£200.00
+ £50.00 Gift Aid
small please
Donation by Anna Kelmishkeyt on 22/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Conor McGovern, large (hence walking)
Donation by Conor McGovern on 20/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Simon Ware (Medium) with a friend Rahulan Rajendran (Medium)
Donation by Simon Ware on 18/03/12
£40.00
+ £10.00 Gift Aid
yay! look forward to the walk/run! small t-shirt please
Donation by umisha gheewala on 17/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
In it to win it..... Small please!
Donation by David Hayman on 16/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
A nice bit of Sunday exercise - Small T-shirt please!
Donation by Bobby Dhaliwal on 16/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£1,625.00
- Offline donations£13,000.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£14,625.00
- Gift Aid£396.25
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