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 2022! 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.
The first 100 participants will receive a special 2022 12 bays sew on badge which can be collected from The National Trust in St Mary or from Jersey Hospice Care, Mont Cochon.
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.
Marine Oliveira
£280.00 Raised
Total Raised
About Marine Oliveira
I was inspired last year to take part in this fundraising event, after one exhilarating dip in jersey waters in the middle of December. So this year, I am forcing myself to get out of my comfort zone (ie. sitting on my sofa under a cosy blanket) to do a bit of good for two amazing charities and hopefully discover something new about myself in the process.
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 2022
Recent Donations
Tink
03 Jan
"You know I feel your pain, frozen ankles and low tides are the worst. Well done my lovely girl x"
Agnes&Hervé Penisson
01 Jan
£50.00
"Bravo ma chérie, on est très fiers de toi et on t’aime"
Aileen Falla
29 Dec
£10.00
"Fantastic work! Enjoying seeing your posts and the support from your boys ❤️"
Jacqui Mcmillan
29 Dec
£10.00
"Well done Marine ❤️ xx"
Tanya
28 Dec
£20.00
"Well done Marine ❤️"
Monica
28 Dec
£10.00
"Well done marine! Such a great cause… xx"
Victoria and Nicholas
19 Dec
£10.00
"Your crazy but we love you… good luck to you and Noah!"
Natalie
05 Dec
£30.00
"Cheering you on Marine for such great causes. Good luck!"
Jenny
05 Dec
£30.00
"Well done Marine! Loving Noah's support for you too- good luck for the next 10 x"
Lynsey Corcoran
05 Dec
£10.00
"Rather you than me! Good luck "
Thea
05 Dec
£20.00
"Well done Marine… Good Luck x"
Claire Bonjour
04 Dec
£10.00
Good Luck Marine, Fabulous way to raise money for such a great cause. Plus it’s a good guilt free reason to follow a freezing ... "Good Luck Marine, Fabulous way to raise money for such a great cause. Plus it’s a good guilt free reason to follow a freezing dip with a hot chocolate or mulled wine. Good Luck & enjoy "
Andrew
04 Dec
£50.00
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