Helen Galsworthy

Helen Galsworthy's Fundraising Page

Fundraising for BBC Children in Need
£1,223
raised of £500 target
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Sponsored Swim for Children in Need, 11 November 2008
Participants: Dorset Orthopedics
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I'll be doing a sponsored swim for children in need, but with a difference! I am a bilateral below knee amputee, so will be swimming without the aid of prosthetic legs. It's quite difficult, but I'm aiming to do 15-20 lengths. The swim will raise money for children in need  - an extremely worthy cause. I'm also hoping this swim will inspire other amputee's - having only lost my legs last year I want to show that a year on it is possible to do anything :)

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So please sponsor me now! Thank you :0) xx

Hi I completed the swim yesterday, I swam 30 lenghts which I am over the moon about as only thought I would do 20 max. And in total I have raised over £1000. Thank you so much everyone that has sponsored for ur donation and your kind words they realy do mean a lot to me :)

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Donation summary

Total raised
£1,223.00
+ £81.79 Gift Aid
Online donations
£290.00
Offline donations
£933.00

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