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About Liz Ford

Here it is again! The 8th year of 30 Bays in 30 Days, my favourite annual event. I have personally come a long way since I first braved the water in 2016. I knew I loved swimming in the sea (in warm water on holiday) but swimming in the English Channel was not appealing and I was scared of what might be in there: seaweed, rocks, fish, other animals etc. I was afraid of the currents, rough water, being dragged out to sea, being eaten by a shark (!) and because I initially swam on my own, there was no-one spotting me on shore. Eight years later and I have the most amazing group of swimming buddies, who are supportive, generous, slightly crazy and absolutely hilarious! I actually don’t even think I signed up for 30 Bays last year as I was already swimming so much. This year I’m going to give it another go as I know I will be on island all month (it’s all about logistics when you have a full time job!). I might even try and do the bays in the order that they are printed in the booklet that is provided, it depends on tides. Thank you so much to all those who have supported me in the past, it means so much. I promise to post lots of photos as usual - keep an eye on my Instagram for updates: www.instagram.com/my_jersey_life Splash On Dudes!
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Fundraising Information

This fundraising page benefits the following good cause:


National Trust for Jersey & Jersey Hospice Care

National Trust for Jersey

The National Trust for Jersey is an independent charitable organisation, which permanently protects and cares for over 1,754 vergées of land, 19,000 metres of footpath and 30 historic buildings for the benefit of the Island. Established in 1936, the Trust is totally self-funding; it currently costs £3,790 per day to run the organisation.

The Trust's main objective is to permanently preserve and safeguard places of historic interest and natural beauty for the benefit of the Island. This is mainly achieved through the acquisition of properties and land either though donations, bequests or purchases.
We would like to encourage every Islander that loves  and cares for our beautiful Island to become a member of the Trust. 

Jersey Hospice Care

Jersey Hospice Care is the island’s Hospice, offering specialist palliative care, free of charge, to all islanders with life-limiting illnesses, irrespective of cause or diagnosis.
Many people think that hospices are places of sadness focused on death and dying. In fact our focus is on living and living well right up to the end, making memories and spending time with your family.

Our care is about so much more than the specialist palliative treatment of a person’s physical symptoms. It’s a total philosophy of care, offering spiritual and emotional support that extends to family members and carers. For each person we are privileged to care for, we only get one chance at the end of life to get it right and that’s why we strive every day to go that extra mile for our patients and their families, to make extraordinary care our ‘ordinary’. Helping each person we care for, to get the best out of every day and to make each day count.
We couldn’t do this without the generosity of our local community and the support of our amazing volunteers.
In 2019 we launched our out-reach service for babies, children and young people with a life-limited condition. This included our Tots & Toys group for babies and children up to five years old. This service is in addition to our Emotional Support service for children and young people and their families, which we started in 2017.

About 30 Bays in 30 Days 2023

Following the success of the last 8 years, the '30 Bays in 30 Days' swimming challenge which raises funds for both Jersey Hospice Care and The National Trust for Jersey will be launched again for July 2023. We encourage all those registered to start the challenge on 1st July and swim a minimum of 30 strokes, 30 times in bays local to them. Participants can pick their favourite bays or if they want an extra challenge, can attempt to swim in all 30 during the month of July. 
Participants may carry on swimming in August to complete as many swims or bays as they have challenged themselves to complete! 

We will be holding an opening swim in St Brelade Bay on Saturday 01 July at 4pm. Our closing swim will be held on Sunday 30 July at 3:30pm in St Brelade Bay.

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Event Type
Swim
Starts
1st Jul 2023

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