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Iʼve raised £3,812 to Support our 45-mile stadium walk to end gambling sponsorship in football
- North East
- Funded on Thursday, 24th October 2019
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Next weekend, 50 people harmed by gambling including many families who’ve lost loved ones to suicide are taking to the streets.
We will walk 42 miles in 2 days, calling at three clubs with gambling sponsors - Newcastle United FC, Middlesbrough FC and Sunderland AFC. The message is clear: gambling advertising has no place in football.
It would mean a lot if you could spare the price of a coffee, or even lunch, to go towards refreshments for all walkers across the weekend. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebigstep
Your support, as always, is what keeps our walkers walking.
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- 2 years ago
James Grimes
2 years agoCan you chip in to support our 40 mile stadium walk to end gambling sponsorship? Next weekend, 50 people harmed by gambling including many families who’ve lost loved ones to suicide are taking to the streets. We will call at 3 clubs with gambling sponsors - Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Sunderland. It would mean a lot if you could spare the price of a coffee, or even lunch, to go towards refreshments for all walkers across the weekend. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebigstep Your support, as always, is what keeps our walkers walking.
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James Grimes
5 years agoA massive thankyou to everybody who took part, supported and donated in our first Big Step event in June 2019. We raised over £4000 for Gambling with Lives which will help in achieving our ultimate aim of preventing any more gambling related suicides. Our next event is in London in February, where will walk 100 miles in 75 hours visiting six clubs that have a gambling shirt sponsor. All information can be found here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/thebigstep. Please consider supporting, donating or attending!
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166
Anonymous
Sep 19, 2019
£20.00
Rosamund Hatfield
Sep 18, 2019
£10.00
Helen Townley
Sep 15, 2019
Inspired by you on Reasons To Be Cheerful. Keep up the good work
£20.00
Anonymous
Sep 13, 2019
Sending thoughts and hope. Sarah and Ian ❤️
£10.00
Alison Porter
Aug 15, 2019
Gambling advertising should be banned at sports events in the same way as cigarettes and alcohol - it's far more damaging
£20.00
Chris Duckworth
Jul 25, 2019
Well done Bobby. Congratulations on a great effort. Chris Duckworth
£10.00
Anonymous
Jul 22, 2019
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