After what has been a flurry of activity this week I am very pleased to announce that we have just launched our Just Giving Page.
http://www.justgiving.com/Challenge-521
Please give what you can - it is for a very worthwhile cause and the money donated via the link will go straight to the charity and will start benefitting millions of cancer sufferers throughout the UK.
All of this has been made possible this week by the very generous donation from the Mark Evison Foundation. Due to the donation we are now able to focus entirely on raising money for charity so any donations given are very appreciated.
We will be back with more news when we have any... lots of things in the pipeline!
ps for anybody in Reading be sure to check out p.42 of the Reading Evening Post, or look at their website
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2108072_five_pals_take_on_channel_swim
About Me
- Challenge 5:21
- 5 people : 21 miles We are 5 girls from Reading who are swimming the English Channel in the summer of August 2012 to raise money and awareness for Cancer Research UK. Follow on here our progress in training and organizing our challenge!
Sunday 12 February 2012
Friday 10 February 2012
Fantastic news!
Today we have made two huge leaps forward in our channel swim project. Firstly came the news that we had been included in The Reading Post with a very flattering article and slightly less flattering picture of us all! We are hoping this will help to generate some more interest in the challenge and may even lead to some more fundraising opportunities. Either way, it is excellent exposure for us and we really hope this is just the beginning of our publicity campaign - This Morning here we come!
We are also very pleased to announce that we have been awarded an extremely generous £2000 from the Mark Evison Foundation. Three of us made the trip down to Dulwich, South London last Friday for an interview just days after we'd put our application in. It was quite an informal process, though stressful nevertheless. We were asked all about the project, our motivations, evidence of our dedication to the challenge and also the practicalities of the swim itself. I think most of all we showed our overwhelming enthusiasm for the whole thing, from the planning, to the training and all the way to the completion of the challenge. They have given us some leaflets and posters to use whenever we talk about the project and we are hoping to receive some t-shirts to be worn at future events, so look out for lots of Mark Evison Foundation information coming your way in the next few months!
We have also been told by Izzy, our resident slave driver, that we all have to commence structured, specific land training. I think we've all said at some point that it's easy to forget about the actual swimming part of the project when you're all caught up in the fundraising, but I think it's going to be completely unavoidable
from now on! I'm definitely not starting on the regular cold showers just yet though!
We'll keep you all updated on any more progress, thanks already to everyone who has supported us so far!
We are also very pleased to announce that we have been awarded an extremely generous £2000 from the Mark Evison Foundation. Three of us made the trip down to Dulwich, South London last Friday for an interview just days after we'd put our application in. It was quite an informal process, though stressful nevertheless. We were asked all about the project, our motivations, evidence of our dedication to the challenge and also the practicalities of the swim itself. I think most of all we showed our overwhelming enthusiasm for the whole thing, from the planning, to the training and all the way to the completion of the challenge. They have given us some leaflets and posters to use whenever we talk about the project and we are hoping to receive some t-shirts to be worn at future events, so look out for lots of Mark Evison Foundation information coming your way in the next few months!
We have also been told by Izzy, our resident slave driver, that we all have to commence structured, specific land training. I think we've all said at some point that it's easy to forget about the actual swimming part of the project when you're all caught up in the fundraising, but I think it's going to be completely unavoidable
from now on! I'm definitely not starting on the regular cold showers just yet though!
We'll keep you all updated on any more progress, thanks already to everyone who has supported us so far!
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