£325.00 Raised Target: £5,000.00
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About Paula Marcondes

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Hi,

 

PLEASE HELP ME RAISE FUNDS VIA THE ’12 BAYS OF CHRISTMAS’ SWIMMING EVENT I AM TAKING PART IN 

 

(LINK FOR DONATION BELOW)

 

I will be joining hundreds of sea swimmers in Jersey, Channel Islands, many who brave chilly waters over here every day throughout the year, to take part in the festive challenge ‘12 Bays of Christmas’. 

 

We will swim daily on 12 bays around the island of Jersey, each with a festively-themed name, throughout the month of December. 

 

I am all kitted out. I bought an used wetsuit at one of the charity shops over here and am ready to go! 

 

As the kids and I will be going to Montana for Christmas on the 18th December I will not be able to complete the 31 days of this challenge, but will do my best to raise money for Jersey Hospice Care by swimming for my father Eduardo Marcondes de Souza, my father-in-law Jimmy Rossiter, and my sister-in-law Gabrielle Robbe, who are no longer with us.

 

There are many things that I love about Jersey Hospice Care, but the key two are that they support individuals with life-limiting illnesses for free, and that their focus is on living well until the end by enjoying quality time with family… and what’s more important than that?! 

 

Please see link for donation below. 

 

Big hug and thank you for your support,

Paula

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 12 Bays of Christmas 2023

Jersey Hospice Care and National Trust for Jersey are hoping to benefit from the increased participation in sea swimming and after a fantastic first year and by popular demand it is back for 2023! It follows the successful 30 Bays in 30 Days event in the summer and was inspired by an idea dreamt up by two families in Guernsey, the Marley and Sealey families, who are all keen sea swimmers.
The festive challenge encourages islanders who have continued swimming since the summer or are seasoned year-round swimmers to take a dip in 12 bays listed on a map between 1 and 31 December. Each bay on the list has a festively-themed name, for example Port let it snow, Jingle all the Ouaisne.

Safety of swimmers is paramount so only those who are medically fit should consider taking part. Participants will also receive tips and information about how to stay safe during and after a cold water swim and wearing a wetsuit will be optional. The emphasis is also for people to take part within in their own limitations so there is no target time, distance or number of strokes to swim.

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Event Type
Swim
Starts
1st Dec 2023

Recent Donations


Sharlyn Stafford

05 Dec

£100.00

"For a worthy cause!"

Manu

04 Dec

£10.00

"Merry Christmas, good luck enjoy the warm waters of Jersey. Love, Manu"

Rory & Cali

02 Dec

£50.00

"Thank you Paula for your hospitality and inviting us to swim "

Alice Browning

02 Dec

£20.00

No message

Marido

21 Nov

£75.00

"Proud to help preserve the memory of loved ones and to support a worthy cause. boa sorte! "

Frances Rossiter

20 Nov

£50.00

No message


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