Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

After a young man I went to primary school with died of leukaemia I decided I was going to help, I signed up to be a donor and vowed to raise money.  Nothing had really caught my attention until one morning at work I was going through my usual trawl of emails when I came across my newsletter from the Anthony Nolan Trust.  I was reading away blankly when it hit me, shinning out of the page was the link to 'Cuba by cycle' and I just had to read on.  I was hooked.  I have been looking for a good reason to get fit and fulfill the vow I made to myself.  I knew I wouldnt want to do this on my own so emailed the link to my friend Dawn.  Dawn and I have both started cycling to work recently and she is as up for anyhting as I am and I knew she would be willing.........I waited on the edge of my seat for Dawn to reply.  She wanted to do it!  After debating whether we could raise enough sponsorship we decided that surely all our friends and family would be generous enough, so after filling in the forms, working out how much we need to save for entry fee and thinking about training routines here I am, asking you for money!

The Anthony Nolan Trust - Taking back lives from leukaemia.

Cuba by Bike - November 2010 - 21st - 29th

Cycling a total of 216 miles over 5 days we will see Havana, Cienfeugos, Trinidad, Topes de Collantes and Santa Clara.  I need to raise atleast £2,800.00 to be eligible to take part, I will be putting a lot of hard work into training and saving money myself so would really appreciate it if you could give all you can to help me help this amazing charity save more lives.

To see Dawns page click here:

http://www.justgiving.com/dawn-farmer/

If you want more info on the route click here:

http://www.anthonynolan.org.uk/fundraising/Overseaschallenges/cubabybike.htm

How your money could help to take back lives from leukaemia:

- £50 is the adverage cost which enables a new potential life saver's blood sample to be tissue typed and potentially quickly identified as a potential life saver when a patient in need of a transplant is identified.

 - £300 is the adverage cost of promoting a regional donor drive for getting potential lifesavers onto the bone marrow register.

 - £700 is the adverage cost of the collection of potentially lifesaving cord blood.  This includes the specialist equipment, materials and time of a midwife to complete the collection.

 

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.