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Vitalise - We're a national charity providing respite breaks and other essential services for disabled people, visually impaired people, and carers. Thousands of disabled people in the UK have complicated medical and care requirements that can make taking even a short break incredibly difficult and costly to arrange. . Thousands of the UK’s six million carers struggle to take a break when the disabled person they care for can’t take one. Vitalise makes a difference. We provide accessible respite care and short breaks for disabled adults, children and carers at our Centres across the UK. A Vitalise break gives disabled people the freedom to spend their time how they like, whether they choose to relax, to socialise, enjoy trips out or take part in the many activities on offer every week. Our breaks mean carers can take much-needed time off from the 24-hour a day role of caring and take care of themselves, knowing their loved ones are safe and happy. Four of our Centres provide guests with 24-hour nursing care on-call and personal support, however complex their disability or care needs. Our fifth Centre offers disabled children and adults the chance to take part in a huge range of accessible adventure activities. We care for a wide range of physical disabilities and medical conditions, including Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, spina bifida and cerebral palsy. We run our own volunteer programme, recruiting volunteers of all ages, from all over the world, to live at our Centres and provide disabled guests with extra support and companionship. Running our services is expensive. When you fundraise or make a donation you are enabling us to employ dedicated nursing and care staff, recruit and train thousands of volunteers, maintain the adapted coaches and minibuses that give our guests the freedom to go out and about and much, much more. Thank you!
Vitalise
We're a national charity providing respite breaks and other essential services for disabled people, visually impaired people, and carers. Thousands of disabled people in the UK have complicated medical and care requirements that can make taking even a short break incredibly difficult and costly to arrange. . Thousands of the UK’s six million carers struggle to take a break when the disabled person they care for can’t take one. Vitalise makes a difference. We provide accessible respite care and short breaks for disabled adults, children and carers at our Centres across the UK. A Vitalise break gives disabled people the freedom to spend their time how they like, whether they choose to relax, to socialise, enjoy trips out or take part in the many activities on offer every week. Our breaks mean carers can take much-needed time off from the 24-hour a day role of caring and take care of themselves, knowing their loved ones are safe and happy. Four of our Centres provide guests with 24-hour nursing care on-call and personal support, however complex their disability or care needs. Our fifth Centre offers disabled children and adults the chance to take part in a huge range of accessible adventure activities. We care for a wide range of physical disabilities and medical conditions, including Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, spina bifida and cerebral palsy. We run our own volunteer programme, recruiting volunteers of all ages, from all over the world, to live at our Centres and provide disabled guests with extra support and companionship. Running our services is expensive. When you fundraise or make a donation you are enabling us to employ dedicated nursing and care staff, recruit and train thousands of volunteers, maintain the adapted coaches and minibuses that give our guests the freedom to go out and about and much, much more. Thank you!

Event details

31 December 2012

The Thames Path 294km challenge



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Team Thames's fundraising page

Fundraisers: 
Hannah Crossley

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

In a moment of new years resolution madness, we have signed up to walk the length of the Thames Path all the way from the Thames Barrier to the Cotswolds.

Whilst we love a challenge, this is not our only motivation for undertaking this 294km walk... we hope to raise money for Egremont's charity partner Vitalise who provide short breaks (respite care) and other services for people with physicial disabilities, visually impaired people, and carers (www.vitalise.org.uk) so if you felt able to sponsor us, how ever large or small, we would greatly appreciate it.

We will be walking over a series of weekends starting in London on the 21st January - if you'd like to join us we'd love to see you - whether that be for all of it, a couple of legs of it or even just to boost our morale at the pub at lunch time!

Many thanks

Lucy, Leila and Hannah

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Recent donors

21.04.12 Good Luck Leila x

20.04.12 GOOD LUCK GIRLS!! lots of love xx

20.04.12 Hope all the new gear works a treat!

12.04.12 Well done sweet! xxx

11.04.12 Pedicures all round when you have finished!

11.04.12 A fantastic and impressive effort, we are all proud of you guys.

04.04.12 Keep up the good work Han! Well impressed with your efforts! xx

04.04.12

02.04.12 What an amazing achievement - well done Han and good luck with the next stretch(es)! x

26.03.12 Congratulations on what you've done so far & look forward to hearing news of the next legs of the journey!

21.03.12 MASSIVE congrats on hitting your target! good effort!

21.03.12 Good Luck Han! x

20.03.12 Good luck - enjoy!!

07.03.12 Well done to all of you for doing it!

06.03.12 Keep up the good work girls

20.02.12 Good luck squidgy nose!

19.02.12 Good Luck Luce! xxx

16.02.12 Good Luck LeilA and the team!

16.02.12 Hoorah!

15.02.12 Good luck, love The Arthur*Browns and Granny.

06.02.12 Good luck Lucy!

01.02.12 Might see you on the Henley to Goring stretch - would you like to pop in for a cuppa or shall I bring you all a picnic or join you for a stroll!? Well done Team Thames!

01.02.12 I wish I could come with you!

31.01.12 All of the best! Sounds like a brilliant excuse for a series of pub crawls for a very good charity!

29.01.12 Good Luck Han! xx

27.01.12 Looking forward to seeing the cookie monster power-walking the thames path and hopefully no more broken toes!

26.01.12 I hope they can keep up with your powerwalking!

25.01.12 Great challenge - fingers crossed the weather is nice to you!! Enjoy! x

24.01.12 Wahoooooo! Go Girls! x

24.01.12 Wow girls, i'm impressed. Clearly you are made of tougher stuff. good luck!

24.01.12 Well done sis! Admirable. I'll double it if you hop a leg...!

23.01.12 good to see that the bar had dropped from 50. i am running the thames, i'll look out for you!

23.01.12 Good luck.

23.01.12 Good luck!

23.01.12 Good effort girls.. xx

23.01.12 Happy walkies for what sounds like a very good cause!

23.01.12 Good luck!

23.01.12 I hope you get to stop off at lots of pubs along the way. Enjoy!

18.01.12

13.01.12 Good luck!

13.01.12 Crazy - there's a perfectly good rail service between London and the Sticks.... See you in the pub in Oxford.

12.01.12 I still think you should swim it ....

£1,060.00

Running total

Target:
£1,250.00
Total raised incl. Gift Aid:
£1,307.50
Total donors:
42
Biggest donor:
Charles Arthur
£100.00  
Last donor:
Pippa 21.04.12  
Offline fundraising:
£0.00
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