Ilya's fundraiser for The Children's Hospital Charity

Ilya Bykov is raising money for Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity

1,000 km Charity Swim

We support the thousands of patients and families at Sheffield Children’s, from across the UK and beyond, by funding the life-changing and the joy-sparking. We make clinical care kinder, and bad days brighter. We bring play, laughter and comfort to places where they’re needed the most.

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I am I am working to raise £50,000 towards The Children's Hospital Charity.

Sheffield Children’s Hospital is one of three stand-alone specialist children’s hospitals in the UK. They provide a broad range of services, from the most intensive emergency care through to support for families in the community and at home – supporting both the mental health and physical health of children and young people.

I am working to raise £50,000 towards the build of a new world-class research and technology centre - the National Centre for Child Health Technology (NCCHT) - which will be run by Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust and based at the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park.

In order to achieve my goal, I am looking to combine two of my passions: swimming and whisky.

• I will swim 1,000 km in my local swimming pool (Ponds Forge) and appeal for donations from my friends, family, business contacts and from the general public. On average I will swim between 15-20 km per week breaking it into 3-5 swims per day.

• I will organise my biggest ever Whisky Charity Auction. I will be reaching out to my extensive network of distilleries, whisky brokers and collectors to gather bottles for a charity auction (to be held at the end of 2025). This will be boosted by my employer (HSBC) Pound for Pound scheme.

Donation summary

Total
£1,890.00
+ £430.00 Gift Aid
Online
£1,890.00
Offline
£0.00

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