Charity

The Victoria Foundation - The Victoria Foundation exists to provide life enhancing medical assistance with the aim of improving lives where there is an opportunity to do so. The Foundation is helping to change many lives through the medical support it provides to both individuals and charities including Mobility Aids for Children, Accessible Transport, Hospital Treatment, Medical Equipment and Toolkit Grants and Bursaries to ensure the young people destined to be to become the future generations of doctors are not prevented from doing so because of finanacial restrictions. The donations we receive fund medical support and are not used to cover our administration costs.
The Victoria Foundation
The Victoria Foundation exists to provide life enhancing medical assistance with the aim of improving lives where there is an opportunity to do so. The Foundation is helping to change many lives through the medical support it provides to both individuals and charities including Mobility Aids for Children, Accessible Transport, Hospital Treatment, Medical Equipment and Toolkit Grants and Bursaries to ensure the young people destined to be to become the future generations of doctors are not prevented from doing so because of finanacial restrictions. The donations we receive fund medical support and are not used to cover our administration costs.

Event details

Great Wall Challenge 2011

06 March 2011

Have the experience of a lifetime by joining The Victoria Foundation Great Wall Challenge 2011 and help to change many lives through the funds you raise. This eight day challenge will see the team leaving Heathrow on 6th March 2011 and arriving in Beijing the following day where they will be transferred to their hotel for briefing before starting to walk on the Great Wall on 8th March. Team members will be walking 5 - 7 hours per day on the Great Wall in challenging terraine. The team are aiming to raise £50,000 which will help to change many lives through the medical support the funds will provide.




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Great Wall Challenge 2011

Fundraisers: 
The New Victoria Medical Foundation Appeals

My page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/GreatWallChallenge2011

Thank you for visiting the Great Wall Challenge fundraising page.  WE DID IT   - to see a selection of photographs and details on the  challenge below: 

www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=211363952211372&id=193908750623559&aid=66409

http://tvfchinachallenge.blogspot.com

https://twitter.com/chinachallenge

IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO SPONSOR THE TEAM  - WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR £50,000 TARGET AND ARE HEADING TOWARDS RAISING £60,000 - PLEASE SPONSOR US AND HELP US TO REACH THIS FABULOUS AMOUNT - 100% OF WHICH WILL PROVIDE MEDICAL SUPPORT AND HELP TO CHANGE LIVES

NB The offline fundraising total is the total the members of the team have  raised,plus additional offline donations from:

  • Gillian Thorpe - to the Special Wheels Appeal

Make a donation to support The Victoria Foundation Great Wall Challenge and will help to improve many lives through the medical support the funds will provide. The funds raised will support several medical charities and appeals including:

  • The  Victoria Foundation Special Wheels Appeal - an appeal raising funds for  customised mini-buses for those who cannot access conventional transport.

  • The SMA Trust a charity working to fund medical research into Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

  • Sue Ryder in Nettlebed. Sue Ryder is a national charity which supports and cares for people with end of life and long-term conditions. 

  • The Centre for Rheumatology at UCL - one of the leading academic rheumatology units in the UK. 

  • The Alzheimers Society.

  • The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation 

Team Members have each raised over £5,000 and covered their own expenses.

Team members are:

  • Chris Fitzpatrick

  • Gaby Flannery

  • Jane Love

  • Judy Gibbons

  • Lorna Votier

  • Mandy Phillips

  • Nikki Short

  • Pimm Holt

  • Sarah Crosbie

For details about the challenge contact Lorna Votier at The Victoria Foundation on 020 8332 1792 or l.votier@thevictoriafoundation.org.uk

 

 

 

Fundraising has now finished, but thanks for visiting this page.

Recent donors

26.03.11 Well done Girls!

14.03.11 Dear Mandy & friends congratulations on rising to the challenge. Looking forward to seeing the pics love Katie S XXXX

14.03.11 Well done for a great cause Mandy!

12.03.11 Good luck Nikki!

04.03.11 Have a fantastic trip and well done for raising such an amazing amount of money!

02.03.11 Good luck Gaby & all the ladies!

01.03.11 Good luck Sarah Crosbie - with you all the way (in spirit only!!). Enjoy the experience.

23.02.11 Good luck Nikki!

£56,790.00

Running total

Target:
£50,000.00
Total raised incl. Gift Aid:
£56,854.87
Total donors:
8
Biggest donor:
Aitua & Dupe
£100.00  
Last donor:
Karin Moorhouse 26.03.11  
Offline fundraising:
£56,500.00