Rod Smallwood is fundraising for Nordoff Robbins (UK)

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Nordoff Robbins and Childline Egypt Bike Ride

on 10/01/2010

the last ride was tough

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Raising money for

Nordoff Robbins (UK)

Charity Registration No. 280960

Play, dance or sing - everyone responds to music. Music has a unique power to reach deep inside us. Nordoff Robbins harnesses music - with all its emotion, energy, resonance and rhythm - to reach children and adults whose lives are constrained by illness, disability, trauma or exclusion. For over 50 years the work pioneered by Paul Nordoff and Clive Robbins has set a benchmark in the use of music to promote health and wellbeing. We provide and support a range of services that encompass the depth and breadth of music, encompassing music therapy, music and health projects, and community music projects.

Nordoff Robbins supporters are behind every life changing experience in music that we enable. The financial support people give us means we can harness music to reach and transform the lives of children and adults all over the UK who are constrained by illness, disability, trauma or exclusion. We receive no statutory funding and are heavily reliant on voluntary donations to deliver 34,000 sessions every year - in schools, day centres, hospitals, and care homes across the UK, and in our Centre and Units. Every one of these sessions helps to transform someone's life.

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Rod Smallwood

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Raised: 78%

Target: £30,000.00
Raised so far: £23,537.00

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My story

It's time to shake the cob webs off the bike, drag it out of the shed, blow up the tyres and start training for a bike ride next January in order to raise, hopefully with your assistance, much needed funds for Childline and Norfoff Robbins Music Therapy. In a recession such as we have now, Charities tend to suffer greatly so its even more important that we all help as much as we can. Both of these Charities assist children and you can find out more about them if you wish at www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk/ and www.childline.org.uk note please that Nordoff Robbins will pay half of the profits to Childline from their collections here and elsewhere)

We set off on Jan 21 2010 for Aswan, Egypt, arriving quite late, then up early the next day to spend the morning choosing and checking our bikes, which are supplied, and add necessities like a gel saddle to avoid the total destruction of our nether regions. Over the following 48 hours we will cycle over 100 miles more or less along the Nile ending up in Luxor, where survivors will take a deep bath, apply various muscle creams and perhaps a few celebratory beers.

I do hope you will feel able to generously support me in this challenge so as to raise as much as possible for Childline and Nordoff Robbins. l will of course be paying the £1400 cost personally so all donations will go straight to the Charities.

	Good luck Rod Donation by Adam Driscoll 27/11/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Good luck Rod. Don't loose the fat bloke in the Harley D shirt behind you!! Donation by John Probyn & Live Nation 25/11/09	£250.00
	Hope it all goes to plan and you have fun. It's for a great cause! Donation by Sarah Standing 25/11/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	go rod go!!! Donation by rad 24/11/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Great effort again Rod - all the best. Donation by Gordon Mackie 24/11/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	good luck Rod Donation by Leon & Rob 23/11/09	£1,000.00
	Nice one Rod. Best of luck from all the Marillion boys Donation by ian mosley 22/11/09	£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid
	Best of luck! Donation by Brian Slagel 20/11/09	£350.00
	Hope it's ice cold in Luxor! Donation by Tim Dowdall 20/11/09	£500.00
	Best of luck Donation by Bart 20/11/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Keep up the good work Donation by Gary Marks 18/11/09	£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid
	Rod make sure you are back home by the 6th February. We need your support. Best wishes Richard Donation by Richard Knight 17/11/09	£100.00
	Donation by Gordon Ashley 17/11/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Good luck Rod Donation by Ken Feinswog 17/11/09	£150.00
	Good luck Rod! Donation by Alan and the Hangpeople 16/11/09	£500.00
	Where next - North Pole? Donation by Tudor Griffith 13/11/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Donation by Joe Cokell 12/11/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Rod Donation by Terry Burke 12/11/09	£125.00
	Donation by Joerg Philipp 12/11/09	£500.00
	very best of luck with this rod... Donation by ian grenfell 11/11/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	A GREAT EFFORT FOR A GREAT CAUSE Donation by JACK EDMONDS 09/11/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good Luck and Best Wishes! Tor Nielsen & Thomas Johansson, Live Nation Donation by Tor/Thomas Nielsen/Johansson 09/11/09	£1,000.00
	here rod ride like the devil Donation by william conte 08/11/09	£102.00
	Good luck Rod - and remember to "run to the hills" if things get hairy ;) Donation by ernesto schmitt 05/11/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Donation by Peter de Vroome 05/11/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Terence Shand 05/11/09	£100.00
	Donation by Nick Gatfield 05/11/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	I wish I could make it with you. Great ride & great cause. Pedal to the metal! Donation by Phil Rodriguez 04/11/09	£450.00
	Donation by Ossy Hoppe 04/11/09	£450.00
	Hey Rod, have fun, sand in the tyres should make for an interesting ride. Good luck. Jezza Donation by Jeremy Smith / Rock-It 03/11/09	£500.00

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* Total raised online:	£13,077.00
Offline donations:	£10,460.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£1,263.59

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