Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

As you may know, my Dad passed away recently after a long and brave battle against cancer.  In his memory I would like to raise funds for Ashgate Hospice, which is an independent registered charity (number 700636) that provides specialist palliative care (care to relieve pain rather than cure) and support, both at the Hospice and within the community, for adults and their families across . We found the help and support given at Ashgate Hospice to both my Dad and the family was invaluable and I would like to do something to raise funds for them to help to continue to provide this help and support to others.

It costs Ashgate Hospice £4 million a year to provide these valuable services, of which £2.3 million needs to be raised purely through voluntary contributions and fundraising.

To help raise funds I have decided to do a sponsored slim for 12 weeks starting on 24th May 2010 to raise money.  In this time, my aim is to lose about one stone in weight in this time, although I do have more than this to lose!  I have tried several times over the last couple of years to lose weight without success, so decided to give myself an incentive in raising money for each pound in weight that I lose - although I can only do this on the written sponsorship forms as it is not possible to do this through the 'Just Giving' website.  The amount raised on the 'Just Giving' page includes the offline sponsorship, and therefore assumes that I will have lost my target of one stone by the end of the 12 week period - so it could be more or less than this depending on how well I do.  I have joined Slimming World and will be weighing in every week - so will update you on my progress on a regular basis.

I would really appreciate your support and sponsorship in raising funds for Ashgate Hospice.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

Thank you,

Claire x

1st June - first weigh in

I have lost 2 lb this week!  I am really pleased as I am now on my way to losing my target of a stone in the 12 weeks.  If I can manage to lose 1 lb per week from now on then I will only be 1 lb off my target.  Thank you to all of you who have kindly agreed to sponsor me so far.

Claire x

 

15th June - week 3 weigh in

A quarter of the way through, and I have managed to lose 5.5 lb in the first 3 weeks!

Claire X

 

20th July - week 8 weigh in

Weight loss has slowed up a bit, but have still managed to lose 9.5 lb so far. 

Claire X

 

17th August - week 12 and end of Sponsored Slim!!

It's the end of my Sponsored Slim in aid of Ashgate Hospice, and I have lost a total of 1 st 2.5 lb!!  I am really pleased that I have managed to get to and pass my target of 1 st in 12 weeks, and raise money for Ashgate Hospice along the way.  Thanks to all of my family and friends for supporting me and helping to raise the money.

If you have not given yet, there is still time as the page will remain open for a couple of months.

Love Claire xxx