Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. The success of this venture depends on good-hearted people like you.
The Event: In June 2012 I will attempt to swim from Teddington through the centre of London to Southend, the around the Kent coast to Dover and then finally across the English Channel to Calais. This has never been done before and follows on from my World record swim of the entire length of the non-tidal River Thames in 2005. My website http://www.teddingtontocalais2012.org.uk/ will be launched soon. My fundraising target for the swim is a cool £1,000,000!
The Charities: You may wish to visit the Hertfordshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre website for full information on the work they carry out. Multiple Sclerosis is a terrible disease which can affect any one of us. It does not discriminate and could strike you or your family. Similarly, Hertfordshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre does not discriminate between who will benefit when their service is needed but they are funded purely by public donations so please dig deep and sponsor me online. Who knows, one day it may help someone close to you.
There are so many worthy causes that picking just one is almost impossible! I am therefore simultaneously raising £800,000 for the Herts Air Ambulance, so please also visit my www.justgiving.com/teddingtontocalais2012 website and try to balance the donations until this page has reached £200,000. All donations after that will go to Herts Air Ambulance.
Now something EXTRA; The Autograph Book: I believe this is something completely new and I hope it will help me to reach my target. Any donor who sponsors £1,000 or more will qualify to have their signature appear in Section One of an autograph album along with the signatures of royalty, the rich, the famous (and perhaps the infamous) who have done the same. A second section will carry autographs of people who may or may not have sponsored me. When the swim is completed and all the sponsorship is in, the autographs will be professionally bound in a leather volume with the highest donations at the front and the lowest at the back (but actual donations will not be quoted). I am hoping the album will run into a number of volumes! Finally, the album will be auctioned and the amount of the winning bid will be added to the other donations. So, to have you your autograph encapsulated with those of the great and the good, just find some way of making up £1000 or more. In the meantime, for those of you with more meagre budgets, please still donate below to boost the amount raised and keep the help for MS sufferers available and the paramedics and the helicopter in the air! More details will be published soon when the http://www.teddingtontocalais2012.org.uk/ website goes online.
The Sponsorship: Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: The success of this venture depends on good-hearted people like you.
Hertfordshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre will receive your money for Teddington to Calias 2012 faster and, if you are a taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you. You can donate from countries around the World. But please, whether you have decided to sponsor me or not, you can help me further by forwarding this webpage address by email to other people you know, recommending they make a donation and then forward the webpage address to their friends and contacts. Whether it's just one person, 10 people or your entire email directory, please hit the 'Forward' button. Many thanks for your donation and for your support.
