Julie Gardner

Julie Half Marathon Abigails Footsteps

Fundraising for Abigail's Footsteps
£3,046
raised of £750 target
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Event: London Landmarks Half Marathon 2021, on 1 August 2021
'Abigail' our mascot bear will have her debut race, she will run alongside our team of 36 runners in the LLHM 2021, joined by Vice President Julie Etchingham!

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Hello dear family, friends and supporters

At long last on August 1st I’m running the London Landmarks Half Marathon to raise money for Abigail’s Footsteps.

With kind donations 70% of my target had already been raised when the run was cancelled due to the pandemic - huge thank you to everyone who donated back in 2020.

So I’m now aiming to well exceed my target!

Abigail’s Footsteps is a baby loss charity, whose aim is to improve care around stillbirth and neonatal bereavement. It supports parents through counselling and it has trained hundreds of midwives in specialist bereavement care.

It was set up by the wonderful Jo and David Ward who lost their daughter Abigail at birth in 2010.  They are my dear friends and the work they have done after their own loss is inspirational.

Their website is: www.abigailsfootsteps.co.uk

Thank you in advance for your generosity. It’s my first half marathon aged 51 and three quarters : ) 

With love

Julie 







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About the campaign

'Abigail' our mascot bear will have her debut race, she will run alongside our team of 36 runners in the LLHM 2021, joined by Vice President Julie Etchingham!

About the charity

Abigail's Footsteps

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A baby loss charity providing support for bereaved families and bereavement training for healthcare professionals. One of our greatest contributions has been the creation and funding of the Abi cooling cot which allows parents valuable time to spend with their baby before saying goodbye.

Donation summary

Total raised
£3,045.87
+ £673.75 Gift Aid
Online donations
£3,045.87
Offline donations
£0.00

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