Raised: 6%
 
Target: £200,000.00
Raised so far: £13,910.72
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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.  The swim website is http://www.teddingtontocalais2012.org.uk/ and I hope you will enjoy reading it.  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 (including you) who sponsors £1,000 or more will qualify to have their signature appear in the Autograph Book along with the signatures of royalty, the rich, the famous (and perhaps the infamous) who have done the same.  People who have given their support include; Mayor of London - Boris Johnson, Archbishop of Canterbury - Dr. Rowan Williams, singer - Dame Vera Lynn, D.B.E., actress - Virginia McKenna O.B.E., actress - Elizabeth Taylor, suprcar designer (Zonda) - Horacio Pagani, astronomer - Sir Patrick Moore, writer and broadcaster - Barry Norman C.B.E., musician and painter, Rolf Harris C.B.E., dancer and actor - Len Goodman, writer - Ken Follett and British Prime Ministers - Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.  When the swim is completed and all the sponsorship is in, the autographs will be professionally bound in a leather volume. 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 published 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 paramedics and the helicopter in the air, and help the MS sufferers!  You can read all about me, the swim and much, much more at http://www.teddingtontocalais2012.org.uk, the official swim website.

 

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.

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Donation by Anonymous via SMS on 25/04/12

 
£1.00 + £0.25 Gift Aid

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All the best with your swim from me and your friends in Welwyn 41 Club Donation by Søren Clausen-Bruun on 23/04/12

 
£130.00 + £32.50 Gift Aid
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Good Luck with the swim Andy Donation by Martin Juhe on 16/04/12

 
£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
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Good luck crazy fool ! Enjoy the curry. :-) Donation by Steve McHugh via SMS on 31/03/12

 
£5.00 + £1.25 Gift Aid

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And incedible challenge. I have met you and you look like a normal person! I hope you have some luck to help you along the way! Donation by Roger Allsop on 04/03/12

 
£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
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You should be committed but glad you're totally insane enough to do this! Remember... it's all downhill to Dover! Sky F1 Commentator Donation by David Croft on 29/02/12

 
£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid
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Have a good breakfast before you set off each day! If you get tired grab a floater... remember ITS GOOD WITH WOOD! Donation by Philip Horne on 19/02/12

 
£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid
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I wish it could be more. Good luck! Donation by Hilary Jones on 19/02/12

 
£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid

Good luck Andy on your forthcoming swim. Donation by David Almond on 25/10/11

 
£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid

A diamond geezer with a heart of gold! Well done! Donation by Edwin Sheppard on 28/09/11

 
£5.00 + £1.25 Gift Aid
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You're a diamond geezer, Andy. Donation by Edwin Sheppard on 03/09/11

 
£45.00 + £11.25 Gift Aid
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Donation by peter chamberlin on 14/06/11

 
£5.00 + £1.25 Gift Aid
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Donation by deirdre wright on 25/03/11

 
£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
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Perhaps you'll meet a French swimmer on his way to 'la Teddington'! Donation by Simon Rouse on 19/01/11

 
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
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Good Luck Andy Donation by Peter Chamberlin on 18/01/11

 
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Geoff Savage on 12/01/11

 
£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
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The weather had better warm up or you'll be ice-skating to Calais Donation by John Weir on 11/12/10

 
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
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I hope you've got webbed feet! Good luck - love, Jenny Seagrove Donation by Jenny Seagrove on 31/10/10

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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Rather you than me! Good luck, Andy Donation by Colin Strange on 16/10/10

 
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
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Good luck, Andy! I hope you finish before the London Olympics start! Donation by Bill Haynes on 16/10/10

 
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
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Donation by Bill Hatnes on 16/10/10

 
£29.40 + £8.29 Gift Aid
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All the very best Andy, but next time remember to book a ferry ticket or eurostar...it's not quite as wet! Donation by Steven Wrigley on 08/10/10

 
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
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It's a great challenge, Andy. I hope you reach your £1,000,000 target! Donation by Peter Sims on 11/09/10

 
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
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You're totally mad, Andy! Donation by Tanis Lang on 11/09/10

 
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
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Good luck, Andy! Donation by Richard Metcalfe on 11/09/10

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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* Total raised online: £1,378.90
  Offline donations: £12,525.82
  Mobile donations: £6.00
  Total Raised: £13,910.72
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £379.17

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