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Tom's page
Event: Gold Challenge on 31/12/2012
£640.80 raised
24 donations
My Target:
£640.80 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/TomBrakeGoldChallenge
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Tom Brake's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text GOLD88 £10
to 70070
My story
Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
I’m taking part in the Olympic Gold Challenge in aid of Bliss, a charity that offers free advice and support to families of babies born sick or prematurely. It is estimated that over 80,000 babies, or one in every nine, are born this way every year. The support that Bliss offers is invaluable to the parents and families of these babies.
My Challenge started back in November when I headed down to Carshalton Athletic's FA Trophy match against Cirencester Town and, at half-time, faced penalties from some of the club’s youth team players and fans.
I followed that up later in the month by making the trip to Twickenham for a visit to the Thames Handball Club. There I took advantage of a great opportunity to speak to the club’s Chairman, Frank Wuggenig, a man who has personal experience of the difficulties that face the parents of premature babies.
I completed stage three of the Challenge: an early morning open-air swim at the Tooting Bec Lido. Needless to say, it was very cold!
I then joined members of the Rosehill Table Tennis Club for their usual Friday evening training session to complete the fourth stage of my Challenge. After speaking with members of the club committee and learning more about the club, I took the opportunity to challenge some of their more talented junior members to a match, which I later regretted.
For my fifth challenge I ran the 100m at Olympic Stadium on April 1.
My sixth I joined a great team of basketball players at Sutton Arena.
My seventh and most gruelling was the Blenheim triathlon in early June.
My eighth I sampled the delights of fixed wheel cycling at Herne Hill.
Just two to go.
Both Bliss and I would really appreciate all the help that you can give us. By donating just a small amount you'll be going a long way towards helping the thousands of sick babies who are born each year, as well as their families.
Thank you
Tom
My gallery 9
My updates 1
I will be pushing my body to the limit as I compete in the Blenheim Palace Triathlon as part of the Gold Challenge for Bliss, the special care baby charity, this weekend. This will be the hardest Olympic sport I have undertaken by far.
My charity
Bliss, for babies born too soon, too small, too sick
Charity Registration No. 1002973, Registered Scottish Charity SC040878
Bliss is the UK charity for premature and sick babies. We offer guidance and information at a critical time in families' lives and we also fund ground-breaking research and campaign for babies to receive the best possible level of care regardless of when and where they are born.
Donations 24
Well done Tom. Walking to the station is far enough for me - let alone the swimming and cyling too!
Donation by janice funnell on 10/07/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Great challenge Tom for a great charity. All the best in reaching the finishing post.
Donation by Tom Tamplin on 10/06/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Donation by L Phipps on 30/04/12
£50.00
Donation by Frederick Hutt on 05/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Well done Tom - a great series of achievements, all being carried out in aid of a great charity. Congratulations.
Donation by George Maloney on 01/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
My son was born 3 months early weighing 2lb. He's 14 months now and doing well, but i couldn't have coped without the support of Bliss.
Donation by Cllr Paula Lee on 20/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done Tom
Donation by Richard Langley on 24/12/11
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Our grand daughter Bonnie, was born 3 months prematurely last January, and weighed 2lb. 5oz. she is nearly 1 year old and a beautiful, healthy baby.
Donation by John Stubberfield & Mags Stubberfield on 21/12/11
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Well done Tom. Keep it up!
Donation by Michael and Judith Brake on 21/12/11
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Well done, Tom - try sailing if you can - an amazing Olympic sport
Donation by TONY PATTISON on 20/12/11
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Keep up the good work. All the best.
Donation by Pauline Sowemimo on 20/12/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Mark Crawford on 20/12/11
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Tom, my Daughter gave birth to our 1st Grandchild, Bonnie, at 27 weeks and only 2lbs 4ozs, at St Helier, Bonnie will be 1 in Jan 2012....!
Donation by Bill Collins on 20/12/11
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Good luck Tom, it is a great charity and one close to my heart. It will be very gruelling but hope it's also fun for you.
Donation by Shirley Frank on 19/12/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done, Tom, obviously a worthwhile cause.
Donation by Celia Granger on 19/12/11
A big thank you to all the fans at Carshalton Athletic who donated this amount to Bliss
Donation by Tom Brake on 27/11/11
£95.80
Good luck, Tom. A great cause.
Donation by Marilyn on 23/11/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Sorry Tom, Margaret died 28th September. I am in bit of a mess. Will take time to sort it all out.
Donation by Frederick Hutt on 05/11/11
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Anisha Callaghan on 05/11/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Great cause, and as I'm having a baby with my wife soon (we hope we won't need this support!) but it's reassuring to know its available!
Donation by Steven Pittman on 04/11/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
..our first grandchild was born prematurely, she's 9 months old now, a beautiful baby girl...Well done Tom...!
Donation by Bill Collins on 04/11/11
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Tom, all the best, rather you than me.
Donation by Pathumal Ali on 04/11/11
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good Luck. Hope it all goes well for you. X
Donation by Rosemarie Strugnell on 04/11/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck, Tom.
Donation by Nick Cull on 01/11/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£545.80
- Offline donations£95.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£640.80
- Gift Aid£100.00
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