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.
julie gallon
Total Raised
About julie gallon
I have always enjoyed swimming and last year I started to swim a lot more in the sea. I would like to challenge myself by raising money for Hospice and to complete all 12 Bays of Christmas in the month of December.
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
Natalie
08 Jan
£30.00
"Absolutely well done Julie!! Love from Natalie xxxxx"
MARY HORTON
07 Jan
£65.00
""Brilliant Juls. Very well done!" Love from Mary (MEH) xxx "
Phill Gallon
06 Jan
£50.00
"I knew you could do it!! Love from Phill xx"
Mikey Page
06 Jan
£20.00
"Keep going Julie"
Sharon T
04 Jan
£100.00
"Well done. Julie, a great cause indeed. "
Sharon
04 Jan
£10.00
"Well done xx"
Romerils
03 Jan
£100.00
"Well done Julie, a huge achievement for a great cause. From all at Romerils! :) "
Steve Jewell
03 Jan
£25.00
"Congratulations Julie, and excellent cause. Well done."
Amanda Moore
31 Dec
£10.00
"Well done Julie, fantastic achievement Best wishes from Mandy Moore xx "
Nicky and Steve
30 Dec
£20.00
"Amazing challenge Julie great stuff. Best wishes Steve and Nicky Holgate-Smith "
Kim Royle
29 Dec
£20.00
"Well done, Julie! Just a couple more to go "
julie gallon
29 Dec
£25.00
"Well Done Julie! - from Dave Edge - Romerils"
Lisa Stolte
28 Dec
£10.00
"Well done x"
Jackie Barette
24 Dec
"Super proud of you Julie "
Caroline
23 Dec
£10.00
"Well done Julie x"
Sadie
23 Dec
£20.00
"Well done, Julie! Keep going "
Symond Monins
14 Dec
£10.00
No message
Gary Godefroy
12 Dec
£10.00
"Well done Julie, both wonderful causes. "
Janet Leith
11 Dec
£20.00
"Wishing you great success in completing your challenge Julie "
Graeme Gemmell
11 Dec
£10.00
"Aw ra best Julie x"
Tracy & Steve
11 Dec
£20.00
"Well done Julie!! I bet it’s freezing "
Catherine Buckley
11 Dec
£20.00
"Well done Julie what a star you are x "
Claire Flett
10 Dec
£20.00
"Well done Julie - so proud of you. Bob, Claire, Ellie and Callum xxxx"
Norma Watts
09 Dec
£20.00
No message
Pat Sheridan
08 Dec
£40.00
"This donation was given from a generous colleague at Romerils"
Margaret and Nigel
06 Dec
£20.00
"Good luck Nigel and Margaret "
Angela McManus
05 Dec
£10.00
"Go girl you can do this."
Angela Hamilton McDowell
05 Dec
£10.00
"Well done Julie "
Valerie Gallon
04 Dec
£10.00
"Good on you Julie "
Mikey Page
04 Dec
£20.00
"Best of Luck Julie keep swimming you Brave Lady. "
Mark & Karen
02 Dec
£50.00
"Enjoy !!"
Richard Sherrington
02 Dec
£20.00
"Good for you Julie - best of luck"
Carol
29 Nov
£20.00
"Well done Julie, love carol and Maggie "
Ann Marie
29 Nov
£10.00
No message
Jaxon G
28 Nov
No message
Another one of Julie’s friends
28 Nov
£10.00
"Another one of Julie’s friends"
All Julie’s friends
28 Nov
£100.00
"From all Julie’s friends: Dorothea, Terri, Joan, Mary, Kevin, Claire, Ann, Wendy, Franki, Mal and Jackie. Well done Julie xxx"