Run Hadrian's Wall
My Donations to date: £2274.85
Fundraiser(s): Andrew Burton
Event: Run Hadrian's Wall
Event Date: 18th December 2010
Charitie(s) Supported: The Julia Thomson Memorial Trust,
On December 18th 2010 Alex Breeze and Andrew Burton will be making a traverse of Hadrian’s Wall Path in order to raise funds for the Julia Thomson Memorial Fund and The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund. Despite the lack of daylight hours and the potential for driech winter conditions, we plan on completing the run in less than 24 hours.
Both Julia and Freddie were fantastic fun to be around and left a lot of smiles on many faces. They will not be forgotten and through our fundraising we hope to be able to make a lasting contribution to the two charitable causes that have resonance and meaning to both Julia and Freddy.
In 2007, Julia Thomson was killed whilst crossing the road in New York. She was one of the most effervescent people we have met, with a heart of gold, full of love and care for everyone that she met. To make something positive out of the situation Julia’s family set up the Julia Thomson Memorial Fund. The main purpose of the Fund is to support an existing private community project in the north of Brazil in an area where the Thomson family have a house.
The project, known as “The Garden of Angels”, involves the provision of crèche and pre-school care for the many poor children of the neighbouring town, “Favella”, and the surrounding area. It is through this project that their parents are enabled to go out to work in the knowledge that their children are safe and are being well looked after. Many of the children live in areas of serious poverty and come from broken homes or have very young mothers. The need to provide some stability and a sense of community value to children from such deprived backgrounds is obvious and the benefits are enormous. The project is appropriate for Julia’s memory as she worked for a period for a similar project in Peru.
There is a video of the centre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se85UzFLNeo and more information can be found at http://www.juliathomsonmemorial.com
Freddy Wyvil was born with heart problems, or 'a dodgy ticker' as he called it. However, it was down to the amazing work of the staff in the Children’s Heart Unit at Leeds General Infirmary that we were all blessed with someone like Freddy, even if it was for a shorter time than we would have liked. Freddy’s enthusiasm for life was without bounds and we feel that the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund will do their utmost to give any child the same chance that Freddy received.
The Children's Heart Surgery Fund is a registered charity based at the Yorkshire Heart Centre in Leeds General Infirmary. This centre covers Yorkshire, Humberside and the North Midlands. The Children’s Heart Unit continues to strive to give the joy and hope to families that they did during Freddy’s early days.
The CHSF funds valuable equipment, resources and research for the treatment of children with heart defects and provides a happy and relaxed atmosphere within the hospital for both the children and their families. Every year 10,000 children pass through our paediatric heart unit at the LGI and approximately 330 of these undergo open heart surgery. Over 40% will need long term care. The CHSF aim is to ensure that these children have the best possible chance of survival. In their own words ‘Our hope is to give each child a childhood; our dream is to give them an adulthood.’ More information can be found at www.chsf.org.uk
Contributions
| Display Name | Date | Amount | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs B | 12th November 2010 | £100.00 | Good luck from all here. May the flapjacks provide nourishment throughout the run. Watch out for that bull at Carraw!! |
| chris Jaggard | 25th November 2010 | £20.00 | good luck roo |
| Lucy Holmes | 26th November 2010 | £10.00 | Good Luck! |
| Team Dowald | 28th November 2010 | £50.00 | don't kill youself in the dark - 50 miles earns it!!! |
| Alex Newall | 28th November 2010 | £100.00 | Best of Luck. |
| Elizabeth Maurice-Williams | 02nd December 2010 | £50.00 | Best of luck, especially in this weather! love Lisbet and Robert M-W |
| Vanessa Maurice-Williams | 02nd December 2010 | £20.00 | Good luck Burton!!! Am so very impressed, please do not break a leg tho, we all know how accident prone you are! lots of love Ness xxx |
| Thurza Honey | 04th December 2010 | £5.00 | good luck, very impressed! |
| Henry MacHale | 04th December 2010 | £20.00 | Good Luck guys! |
| Peter Creaton | 06th December 2010 | £10.00 | This is a genuinely impressive feat. I have a plan to walk the route at some point, but it'll take me the best part of a week to crawl to the finish! All I can say is, good luck and Godspeed! |
| David Ling | 06th December 2010 | £50.00 | well done Andy |
| Alison Robertson | 07th December 2010 | £50.00 | On behalf of Scottish Donkeys we say, don't do it, much too dangerous. Delay till summer solstice but keep the money. |
| Shane Ohly | 13th December 2010 | £10.00 | Good luck and eat lots |
| Sarah Hancock | 15th December 2010 | £10.00 | God, don't freeze, more snow this weekend!! Good luck x |
| Claire Ferguson | 15th December 2010 | £10.00 | You'll definitely deserve those triples on Osborne Road at the end! A great cause-best of luck. |
| Emma Combe | 15th December 2010 | £10.00 | Best of luck with the run boys - very brave!! Julia became a great friend out in New York and I could not think of a better cause in supporting O Centro Julia. Good luck! Emma Combe |
| Valerie Bickel | 15th December 2010 | £25.00 | |
| Keith Siddle | 15th December 2010 | £10.00 | hope youve got your inovate wellies ready!! |
| OMM Ltd | 16th December 2010 | £192.70 | Good luck from all the team at OMM |
| Lisa & Chris | 16th December 2010 | £20.00 | Good luck Andy, sure you'll do it! :-) |
| g a d burton | 16th December 2010 | £50.00 | lots of luck from moth,tattie, taka, pollywog, rippit, puffin, tinker and mittoons |
| Beyond Extreme | 16th December 2010 | £20.00 | Good luck from us all at Beyond Extreme. |
| Andy Walling | 17th December 2010 | £10.00 | Good luck!! |
| Sam Still | 17th December 2010 | £10.00 | |
| Simon Taylor | 17th December 2010 | £20.00 | Good luck - better take some crampons with you though... |
| Celia Charlton-Weedy | 17th December 2010 | £10.00 | Bon Chance you little mentalist! x |
| Toya Walker | 17th December 2010 | £10.00 | Good luck, my love, please try not to injure yourself. x |
| Joshua O'Malley | 17th December 2010 | £24.00 | Good Luck Lads!! Andy no doubt big bro will be giving you some running tips before you set off!! |
| Andrew Cooper | 17th December 2010 | £100.00 | |
| Sam Rosenberg | 17th December 2010 | £20.00 | Good Luck - Great Cause! |
| Anonymous | 17th December 2010 | £20.00 | Run hard:don't freeze. Best of luck John |
| Ben Nicholson | 17th December 2010 | £120.00 | Good luck tonight, keep moving then, them balls won't shrink too much!! |
| Mark Broadwith | 18th December 2010 | £10.00 | Rather you than me chaps..... |
| Elizabeth | 19th December 2010 | £100.00 | aahhh how did it go, sorry so late in donating! hope it's not too late x |
| Polly Wilson | 19th December 2010 | £10.00 | what am amazing effort...good LUCK! so impressed x |
| Leman Harris | 19th December 2010 | £10.00 | |
| Rosie Carne | 20th December 2010 | £100.00 | |
| Amber Cameron | 21st December 2010 | £30.00 | well done :) |
| J Stonehouse | 25th December 2010 | £50.00 | Congrats lads, still think you're mental xx |
| G Stonehouse | 25th December 2010 | £100.00 | Very well done boys |
| James Dowd | 04th January 2011 | £20.00 | Know its seriously late, but well done for the massive effort |
| Andrew Burton | 21st March 2011 | £628.15 | |
| jack layden | 27th April 2011 | £30.00 | Well Done Andrew Cracking stuff. I know, a little late ! |