Alastair's The BIG Dinner for 500 miles

Fundraising for 500 miles

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£8,515.00

raised of £4,000 target

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Event: The BIG Dinner, 07 Mar 2015

500 miles

We help people with disabilities in Africa to get artificial limbs and limb supports

Charity Registration No. SC038205

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You will all know Olivia Giles, or may remember hearing about her fight with meningitis in 2002. In 2007 she founded the charity 500 miles, which supplies prosthetic limbs to developing countries.

On 7th March 2015, 500 miles is holding the BIG dinner – a major fundraising event which aims to raise over £500,000 in a single night. The event consists of hundreds of separate dinners eaten all over the world, some of which will be showcased in a special web-stream broadcast hosted by Fred MacAulay, who will be attending a celebrity dinner himself.

I have agreed to host my own BIG dinner and also try and raise awareness of the event. I would like to invite you all to take part.

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About the charity

500 miles aims to support the delivery of prosthetic and orthotic services and surgery which promotes mobility and function for amputees and other disabled people in Malawi and Zambia. Prostheses are devices which substitute for body parts which are missing and orthoses are devices, like splints, which support body parts which are present but which are weak or do not function properly. 500 miles helps people to access and afford prosthetic, orthotic and surgical services today - but, through training and education, it is also trying to develop the future capacity of these services in Malawi and Zambia. Visit www.500miles.co.uk for more information.