Hi all, 5 years ago I ran round the island twice in a challenge my friends called "Fat man vs the cliff path" and managed to raise £2k for Jersey Hospice Care.
This years challenge is run between the 30 bays and swim in each of them over the course of July. As (despite Bens best efforts) I am slightly heavier than I was 5 years ago we will be calling this one "Fat old man in wet clothing vs. the cliff path". Donations small or large gratefully received - wish me luck, I'll need it
Charlie
This fundraising page benefits the following good cause:
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 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.
Following the success of the last 5 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 2021. This year, we are hopeful we will be able to stage group opening and closing swims, more information will be provided in due course but we do 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!
All participants are encouraged to follow the Government’s guidance at all times for the duration of the Challenge and please only swim in the suggested Bays listed on our the website.
10 Aug
£30.00
"Well done, Charlie and thanks for letting us join in! Miranda "
26 Jul
£50.00
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26 Jul
£60.00
"Well done Charlie, let's match what you have raised. A Herculean effort..."
13 Jul
£10.00
"I'll double that if you're running it without consuming wine! (Marathon du Medoc)"
12 Jul
£10.00
"Well done mate, Keep up the fantastic work! "
02 Jul
£10.00
"GHood luck Charlie"
02 Jul
£10.00
"Good luck! Don’t freeze! "
02 Jul
£5.00
"good luck mate ... what a challenge !!!!"
02 Jul
£10.00
"All the best"