Daniel Hughes is fundraising for The Joseph Salmon Trust

The Dales Walk

on 23/07/2008

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Team members:

Jeremy Bassinder, Richard Bassinder, Richard Brook, David Graham, Dan Hughes, Craig Kelly, James Muscroft, Sandip Singh, Lee Stockhill, Gavin Swift & Oli Walker

Raising money for

The Joseph Salmon Trust

Charity Registration No. 1123322

The Trust aims to help parents bereaved of a child in the Huddersfield and Mirfield areas. Our main focus is to assist parents in paying for headstones and funeral expenses, with other financial issues being addressed on an individual basis.

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Daniel Hughes

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Raised: 171%

Target: £3,000.00
Raised so far: £5,132.16

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My story

On July 23rd a group of ten friends will be setting of on a 78 miles long six day walk from Ilkley, West Yorkshire to Bowness in the Lake District.

We are not walkers by disposition. We spend our weekends in front of the playstation rather than on windswept hills. The nearest that some of us come to fresh air is when we walk between pubs on a Saturday night. In short, this walk is probably going to kill us.

But we're doing it anyway.

In 2005 our friends Neil and Rachael lost their three year old son Joseph. He didn't suffer, he simply fell into a deeper sleep from which he never awoke.

Neil and Rachael have set up a charity in his name. The Joseph Salmon Trust supports parents who have lost a child by providing financial assistance to those who need it most. This may be to help with funeral costs or to allow the self employed a break from work while they come to terms with their loss.

Grieving families have enough to deal with without worries about where they will find the money to say goodbye to their child or pay the next electricity bill. Nothing we can do can make their situation better, but we can do something to stop it getting worse.

We are walking for the love of a little boy gone and the parents that remain, and to help those parents that have nightmares ahead.

You can follow our training for the walk at:

www.daleswalk.com

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: The Joseph Salmon Trust 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.

Many thanks for your support.

Well, we did it! It wasn't easy at times but it was all worthwhile. There is still plenty of time to donate if you have not done so however. We've made our target of £3000, so lets aim even higher. Every penny raised will go directly towards easing the suffering of someone going through the worst pain imaginable.

Thank you

	Good luck Jez and all the rest of the team! Donation by Sair, Mark & Alex 23/07/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	is sandip reading the map, where is scotch corner?? Donation by barra and co 22/07/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Go Team! Donation by Mark 22/07/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Gav...one foot in front of the other! And don't stop at too many pubs ^_^ Donation by Roger Himlin 22/07/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Xbox reminded me of you - bloody good luck, hope you reach your total. Donation by Barbara 22/07/08	£30.00
	Good luck Oli and all! Donation by Jo 22/07/08	£10.00
	Best of Luck Donation by Linda Boulton 22/07/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Olwen 22/07/08	£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid
	1/2 from my dad Bill and the other 1/2 from me. Good luck guys!!! Donation by Bill and Jeff Lee 22/07/08	£10.00
	Have fun and good luck ..... Donation by Emma & George Chan 21/07/08	£20.00
	You'll never do it Donation by Graham & Chris Brook 21/07/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	From Avitable's Lazy Sunday Contest Donation by Sheila Harvey 21/07/08	£63.05
	There could be no better cause... good luck! Donation by NYCWD 21/07/08	£150.00
	Please come back alive!! Donation by Tim H 21/07/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	good luck buddy Donation by Lee Sargent 21/07/08	£5.00
	Blimey! I always thought rambling was sheep jewellery. Best of luck boys. Back soon! Donation by Rich Sykes 21/07/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Lots of luck Oli! Donation by Iain 21/07/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Best of luck -- be sure to put aside any golf balls you find along the way Donation by Ash & Natalie Notaney 21/07/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck everyone and enjoy the scenery Kerry! Donation by Sally Ledger 21/07/08	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Jez.Thankyou from Matthew who recovered from pneumonia recently - such a good cause & well worth the blisters! Donation by Anita, Matthew, Mark & Grace 21/07/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Done the walk ourselves more than once. It's wonderful! Donation by Joyce & Alan Robinson 20/07/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck with the ramble, and well done on raising so much Donation by SingleParentDad 20/07/08	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Fingers crossed the weather behaves! Donation by Ben L 20/07/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Rich and Craig - keep singing those songs from the shows to keep you going! Donation by Elizabeth 20/07/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Stephen Broadhurst 20/07/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by JD (a friend of Jeff's) 20/07/08	£5.00
	Good luck Oli and the rest of the gang Donation by Will Skjott 20/07/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Jez. Fantastic cause! Donation by Kirsty K 20/07/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	A very worthwhile cause, Jez and Rich. Take your waterproofs just in case... Donation by Nicole and Simon Thompson 19/07/08	£15.70 + £4.43 Gift Aid
	Good luck chaps! Hope the weather is kind to you! Donation by Roger and Sue Sawyer 19/07/08	£80.00 + £22.56 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£2,386.16
Offline donations:	£2,746.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£487.33

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