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Closed 22/06/2019
Weʼve raised £1,420 to Help a driving instructor who is too ill to run his company & support his young family
- Funded on Saturday, 22nd June 2019
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UPDATE
Sadly Simon lost his battle & died on 28/2/2019. The sponsored walk has been delayed & a new date has not yet been decided. We are still continuing with fundraising to help his devastated family. Please keep giving!!
Simon Wainwright is a local driving instructor who has been diagnosed with liver failure, is very ill & desperately needs a liver transplant. He is too ill to work & run his business. He is currently in Freeman Hospital in ICU. He has a young family whose lives have been turned upside down. His family are spending all their time travelling daily to Freeman Hospital to visit Simon as well as taking their young son to school.
As driving instructors we are all self employed & if we cant work we are not entitled to any government entitlements like sick pay. This can put a huge strain on a family when they already have Simon's health to worry about.
Caroline's School of Motoring is hoping to raise £1000 or more to help with their general bills, travel & parking expenses to & from Freeman Hospital.
Simon was an instructor for Caroline's School of Motoring when he first started out as an instructor before setting up his own driving school SimonSaysPass. He is well respected instructor in the Durham area & a very good friend to many people.
At Caroline's School of Motoring we are doing a 10 mile sponsored walk on Sunday 10th March 2019.
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5 years ago
Caroline Chipchase
5 years agoShare this update to help us raise more
5 years ago
Caroline Chipchase
5 years agoToday we all took part in Simon's Memory Walk. It had a great turnout & we completed 9.1miles to celebrate Simon's life. Simon's partner Nicola & son Oliver took part in the walk along with family, friends & colleagues. It was an honour to be part of the special day. Thank you to everyone who joined in today & also to everyone who made very kind donations to Nicola & Oliver. Caroline xx
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5 years ago
Caroline Chipchase
5 years agoNEW DATE FOR SPONSORED WALK 23rd JUNE 2019 10am Sponsored walk to start at Meadowfield Leisure Centre then finish at Lanchester Cricket Club. Oliver's Fun Day also arranged for adults & children at Lanchester Cricket Club after the walk. Events include BBQ, disco, bouncy castle etc
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36
Robert Carroll
Jun 20, 2019
Never met him but he was kind enough to sponsor my daughters football team
Kelly Hill
May 25, 2019
£20.00
Richard Cope
May 4, 2019
Simon was a great friend. Also, he was a work colleague at B&Q, Redhouse for many years. My condolences to Nicola, Oliver and both Nicola's & Simon's families.
£30.00
Georgina Mac
May 3, 2019
❤️
£20.00
Derek Chapman
Mar 24, 2019
£50.00
Heather Brown
Mar 21, 2019
Simon was a lovely guy. One of the good ones. Taken far too soon xxx
£10.00
Anonymous
Mar 20, 2019
Simon you were such a lovely person. You will be missed.
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