Raised: 61%
Target: £20,000.00
Raised so far: £12,133.20
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My story

 

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online.

This event has really made some waves! This summer we sailed round mainland Britain in a bid to raise as much cash as possible for Leukaemia Research. We set off from the Medway on June the 12th, and stopped over in Newcastle, Aberdeen, Belfast and Padstow (as well as a few other little harbours and anchorages) before returning home exactly one month later. 

Why did we do this for Leukaemia Research? Because a couple of years ago I met a young woman called Jessie Whitmore - she was 17 years old, funny, outgoing, her whole life ahead of her. She also had acute myeloid leukaemia. Less than a year after I met her, she had died. No one should have to go through the distress Jessie and her family suffered.

If just a thousand people pledge £20, we can reach our target together.

You can read more about the progress of the event, read the blog, and look at the photos on www.sailroundbritain.co.uk 

You can also buy a special Graham Clarke celebratory etching of the voyage of the Wild Rover by going to  www.grahamclarke.co.uk/acatalog/Etchings___Published_2008.html

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Leukaemia Research will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please sponsor me now!

Many thanks for your support.

Donation by David Butler 16/12/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Well done again - you can't beat dry land! Donation by Trev and Hev 11/12/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

GC offer - an excellent thing to do, good luck with the fundraising Donation by Mr and Mrs Turner 26/09/08  

£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid

GC offer Donation by Jacqueline Filmer 09/09/08  

£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid

GC offer Donation by David Newbitt 01/09/08  

£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid

GC offer Donation by Rowena Linn 27/08/08  

£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid

GC offer Well done Rob (and the man playing the accordian!!) - see you on 11 October in Maidstone Donation by JOhn and Brenda Wilson 27/08/08  

£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid

At last I've got around to sponsoring you! Awesome achievement! Your braver than me! :-) Donation by Helen Gilroy 20/08/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done and thanks to Graham Clarke Donation by Mike Stevens 18/08/08  

£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid

Well done, and thanks to Graham Clarke Donation by Trevor Wilson 15/08/08  

£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid
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* Total raised online: £5,893.83
  Offline donations: £6,239.37
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £1,576.34

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