Neil Edwards

24 Hour Swim Challenge

Fundraising for Everyman Appeal
£4,571
raised of £3,000 target
by 212 supporters
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24 Hour Swim, 9 April 2012
Everyman Appeal

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We are an appeal of the ICR and raise funds to make the discoveries that defeat cancer

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Neil Edwards, David Whiteley, Andrew Whiteley, Ross Heathfield, Stuart Kirk, Tom Kelly, Peter Thompson, Mark O'Leary, James Elworthy & Andy Swift.

You may be visiting this page because you know one of the above people, perhaps you know more than one of them. You may be visiting this page having absolutely no idea who any of them are. We are not doing this to make ourselves household names. We are doing this to raise money for a great cause. 

The challenge: On the weekend of the 14th/15th July 2012 we, as a group of 10 guys, are going to swim a 24 hour relay. We will be swimming 4 lengths at a time in a relay style for the constant 24 hours. Over the time we aim to swim a total of 50 miles which will be over 2,400 lengths. It's hard to even imagine how this will effect us both physcially and mentally after such a long period of exercise with the added unknown of sleep deprivaton. Having recently completed a 5 hour training practise of the swim we have some idea but the 24 hour version is almost incomprehensible. 

The cause: Everyman Campaign. Everyman is an appeal by The Institute of Cancer Research. They are doing great work in their attempts to help stamp out male cancer. Prostate and testicular cancers affect almost 39,000 men each year at home here in the UK. An estimated 10,000 men die each year. By supporting our challenge and making a donation you will be helping fund the life saving working by world leading scientists. 

Get involved and join the fight against male cancer today!

About the charity

Everyman Appeal

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RCN exempt charity status
Everyman is an appeal run by The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR). Every year some 10,000 men lose their lives to prostate cancer and over 2,000 others have their world turned upside down by a diagnosis of testicular cancer. These men are the reason we are fundraising for male specific cancers.

Donation summary

Total raised
£4,570.66
+ £579.37 Gift Aid
Online donations
£2,959.96
Offline donations
£1,610.70

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