Shirley's 2019 Channel Swim

Shirley Cooper is raising money for Aspire
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Aspire Channel Swim 2019 · 9 September 2019 to 2 March 2020 ·

Every two hours someone in the UK is paralysed by a spinal cord injury. It can happen to anyone at any time and no one is prepared for how it will change their life. Aspire is a national charity that provides practical help, supporting spinal cord injured people from injury to independence.

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I am learning front crawl! I am drinking half the pool every time I go for a swim. I can do half a length without nearly drowning!  In the next 12 weeks I need to be able to swim 22 miles (the distance of the English Channel) that is almost 2 miles a week.

I am doing this to raise money to support Aspire. They support people paralysed by Spinal Cord Injury. Inspiring, amazing and strong people who have become my friends over the last year, while I have worked here. In their honour I'm taking on the Aspire Channel Swim 2019  to raise money. 

Every four hours someone is paralysed by Spinal Cord Injury and Aspire provides the essential equipment, advice and housing that spinal cord injured people need to live their lives independently. 

This is a big challenge, but the more I raise, the more of a difference I'll make, so please be generous!

Donation summary

Total
£1,101.00
+ £135.94 Gift Aid
Online
£595.60
Offline
£505.40

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