Maria Thomson

Across - Virtual Camino de Santiago

Fundraising for Across
£3,680
raised of £2,000 target
Virtual Camino de Santiago , 21 August 2020
Coronavirus pandemic has meant that Across has cancelled all travel and we need a 1,000 gifts of £150 to keep the Jumbulance on the road. We want to be able to recommence travel as soon as it is safe to do so, Can You help to Get, Give or Raise £150

Story

As some of you know I travel as a volunteer to Lourdes each year with Across by Jumbulance making the impossible possible for sick and less able people. Covid has resulted in all trips this year being canceled and next year uncertain. Across still need to function but like other charities are struggling and are currently trying to
raise £150k.

Another of my passions is walking the Camino de Santiago and again I can’t do that this year so I have recruited 11 fellow pilgrims :

Dave Connarty, Bobby White, Kate Clark, Jackie Brogan, Claire Steedman, Colette Loftus, Siobhan Kelly, Alf McKendrick, Ann Comeford, Joanne Briggs & Lynn Del Bianco

Together we are walking a virtual Camino from StJean Pied du Port to Santiago de Compostela a journey of about 500 miles from 29th August to 7th September. You can follow our progress each day with pictures and stories from our Camino.

We are doing this because we want to be able to be here next year and keep the Jumbulance on the road, providing travel for those that are sick, disabled and terminally ill. The Coronavirus pandemic has meant that all travel has been cancelled and we have lost an entire years income. We need £150,000 to keep the Jumbulances on the road.

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About the campaign

Coronavirus pandemic has meant that Across has cancelled all travel and we need a 1,000 gifts of £150 to keep the Jumbulance on the road. We want to be able to recommence travel as soon as it is safe to do so, Can You help to Get, Give or Raise £150

About the charity

Across

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Across is a registered charity, with a Christian ethos, which for over 50 years has provided transport and support to enable those with special care needs to travel & participate in pilgrimages to Lourdes, Rome & other UK destinations, by Jumbulance - our unique, specially designed coach Ambulance.

Donation summary

Total raised
£3,679.16
Online donations
£2,849.16
Offline donations
£830.00

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