I'm swimming 1 mile in the Serpentine to raise much needed funds for Whisper

Karen Simmonds is raising money for Whisper
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Swim Serpentine 2025 · 20 September 2025 · Start fundraising for this event

Whisper is a small but very high impact charity that funds a children’s hospital and a maternity unit in Jinja, Uganda. The Whisper hospital is a happy, caring, child-friendly place providing high-quality healthcare directed by local needs. The hospital has a great reputation and some patients travel long distances to attend. The average cost in donated funds of treating a patient is around £22, an average that includes patients requiring lengthy inpatient stays. Whisper's hospital provides full medical cover 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and this allows many lives to be saved; we estimate that a life is saved that would not otherwise have been saved for every £294 in donated funds. Thank you for your generosity.

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Hi there. Please sponsor me for Swim Serpentine 2025! I intend to swim one mile in the iconic Serpentine in September. This is a big challenge for me but I am determined to do it and raise much needed funds for this amazing charity. My goal is to reach £200.

Whisper is a very high-impact volunteer-run charity (registered in England and Wales 1139078) that funds Whisper's Magical Children's Hospital in Jinja, Uganda, together with a maternity unit, an ambulance service and a nursing school. For every £22 you give, the hospital can treat a patient; that's an average amount across everything from GP consultations to lengthy inpatient stays. For every £279 we estimate that the hospital can save a life that would not otherwise have been saved.

You can find out more at https://www.whisperhealth.org. We're also on Facebook, TikTok (we're big on TikTok!) and Instagram or you can subscribe to our newsletter.

Whisper wishes good luck to everybody taking part in Swim Serpentine 2025 and to everybody who is so kindly sponsoring our swimmers. Thank you for helping us to change healthcare through love and happiness! Whisper is a very high-impact volunteer-run charity (registered in England and Wales 1139078) .

Donation summary

Total
£329.86
+ £72.47 Gift Aid
Online
£329.86
Offline
£0.00

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