Russell Brookes

Russell's Russ' DIY Social distanced fundraising - Now with London Marathon Goodness

Fundraising for Winston's Wish
£2,018
raised of £2,000 target
by 107 supporters
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Winston's Wish

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RCN 1061359
We support grieving children & young people to help them achieve their full potential.

Story

I was going to take a year off Fundraising. I was going to do some events for fun, and fall in love with running and cycling for the sake of just doing them. No need to beg or be a nag to people, then a number of things happened.


1. Covid-19 hit and rightly all events got cancelled.
2. We had a miscarriage
3. Winston's wish called to check on me and mentioned after I asked they were struggling for funds and their services were more in demand.

I can't just sit and do nothing that's not me, I need to help. But I'm limited in what I can do. So I'm seeing what other amazing people are doing and well I'm standing on the shoulders of Giants and this is what I've come up with.

26.04 - I should have been running a marathon, instead I'm running a Marathon at the front of my house. It's a lap of the marsh outside my front door, which at 0.15 miles means 175 laps! 

17.05 : I'll be on my turbo training doing a virtual dragon ride, this means doing 139 miles and 10,000 feet of climbing, like i'd have done on the roads, just with quaint views of my toaster and sweeping breezes from my fan and taking in the aroma of my microwave, instead of the majesty of the Black Mountains. 


I've done both of these before, but not in such mental testing circumstance. It'll test me a lot, but I have to try. I have to do something.

It's testing times for us all, but please if you can spare anything, please sponsor me, this charity means a lot and I need this to focus on, to get going again.


About the charity

Winston's Wish

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RCN 1061359
At Winston's Wish we help children and young people after the death of someone important. Our services include: - Freephone Helpline, live chat and email support - Individual, family and group work - Training for professionals

Donation summary

Total raised
£2,017.19
+ £443.50 Gift Aid
Online donations
£2,017.19
Offline donations
£0.00

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