Riquella's 1st Half Marathon!!
Event: Adidas 2012 Half Marathon @ Silverstone on 11/03/2012
Team Members: Riquella Chapman
£645.70 raised of £500.00 target
52 donations
My Target:
£500.00
£645.70 raised so far
How to make a donation
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My story
Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
Some of you know and others dont, but I tragically lost my wonderful brother Paul on 27th January 2001 at the young age of 22. He had suffered many years of depression and had been in and out of hospital, sadly he made the choice to leave this world and find his own peaceful pad in heaven!
There were very sad times during his illness, like the many times I had to stop him from hurting himself, and being admitted to hospital. However, there were also some funny times like the time he fled from hospital and jumped on a Virgin Train to London-without a ticket I should add!! When the conductor came round and asked him for his ticket his response was "its okay im friends with Richard". He then turned up at my grandparents home with a tramp and asked them to take him in!! I have some wonderful memorys of my beautiful brother.
To this day I still think of him, miss him, and love him dearly. I wish he was still here.
After Paul died, I started my battle with comfort food, however in Jan 2011- Pauls 10 year anniversary, I made a promise to myself to lose weight and get fit. Here we are in May and Ive lost just over 3 stone and have signed up to my 1st Half Marathon.....13.2 miles at Silverstone on 11th March 2012.
Some people think I must be crazy, however Im feeling very determined, Im under no illusion its going to be tough, but im running for a charity very close to my heart. SOBS- Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide. They were there for me and my family at a time when we felt lost and confused. In those first few months of darkness they were there- group meetings, one to ones and at the end of the phone. Not many people are aware of this charity, so not only am I hoping to raise awareness, I'm also hoping to raise funds for them so they can keep going with there very important work.
I would be so grateful for your donations, however small or BIG!! My target is £500.
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So please dig deep and donate now.
Lots a Love Riquella xx
Training has now began....aaaaggggghhhhh!!!
My gallery 10
My charity
Survivors Of Bereavement By Suicide
Charity Registration No. 1098815
We exist to meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend. Many of those helping have, themselves, been bereaved by suicide.
Donations 52
Well done, love Aunty T, Gary, Adam and Mainga xxx
Donation by Tina and Gary on 19/04/12
£20.00
Well done and good on you! I have fond memories of playing in Patchwork Quilt with Paul and Gav, lots of happy times! James x
Donation by James Clarke on 26/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done x
Donation by Helen on 12/03/12
£10.00
You should be so proud hun, a massive massive well done xxx
Donation by Anonymous on 11/03/12
Hi Riq By the time you read this you will probably have completed the run. I hope it went really well and you don't ache too much.
Donation by Nick Percival on 10/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck sis - thinking of you xx
Donation by NIKKI HEFFERNAN on 10/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck Riquella! Wish you all the best. A lovely cause and fitting tribute to Paul - he would be proud. Love Martyn, Sadie & Daniel xxx
Donation by Martyn Booker on 09/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Lots of love xxxx
Donation by Momsy and Popsy on 08/03/12
£20.00
Wahooooo you can do it!!! Such a wonderful thing to do xxxxxxx
Donation by Chloe on 07/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
You will do it, and you will do it with style, my super duper new friend xx
Donation by Andrea Hayward on 07/03/12
£13.20
+ £3.30 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 04/03/12
£10.00
Run forest Run..... Like the wind.....
Donation by ??????????????? Guess Who?? on 04/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good for you Riquella, what about the other half? I miss Paul very much and think about him a lot.
Donation by David Chapman on 04/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Best of luck Ric =)
Donation by Lydia Jones on 04/03/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Riquella, I'm so very proud of you for doing this! You're an inspiration. Love you lots x x x
Donation by Emma-Louise Percival on 01/03/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Good Luck, wish you well from The McWilliams family (Tina's brother)
Donation by Andy McWilliams on 29/02/12
£20.00
Good Luck hunni, you have such a big heart, very inspiring xxx
Donation by Jennifer Jhamat on 28/02/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
I will be behind you and beside you all day. I'm so proud of you. You are my hero xx
Donation by Rache on 28/02/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Good luck with you half marathon. Love Ted xx
Donation by Ted on 28/02/12
£10.00
Good luck Riq you can do it! xxx
Donation by Julie Nash on 26/02/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
I confess to being 'both sides of this fence', so will happily support your cause.
Donation by leah sheila tremayne on 17/02/12
£5.00
Donation by Anonymous on 31/01/12
£2.00
Good luck mate! You'll do great x
Donation by Jenna Jukes on 30/01/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 28/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck Riquella
Donation by Joanne Bridgeman on 27/01/12
£10.00
Donation summary
- * Online donations£613.70
- Offline donations£0.00
- Text donations£32.00
- Total raised£645.70
- Gift Aid£112.68
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