Charlie Heyworth
✅ Completed: Running 5 marathons for The Newman Holiday Trust
Fundraising for The Newman Holiday Trust
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𝗠𝗬 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁? 🏃♂️ I ran 5 marathons
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻? 🗓️ Across 4 weeks; from September 24th - October 22nd.
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲? Marathons were run in:
1️⃣ Berlin Marathon (Germany 🇩🇪) - a World Major Marathon
2️⃣ London (England 🇬🇧) - an unorganised run, dressed as Batman 🦇
3️⃣ Chicago Marathon (USA 🇺🇸) - a World Major Marathon
4️⃣ Lake Vyrnwy (Wales 🏴) - an unorganised run in the rain 🌧️
5️⃣ Battersea Park (England 🇬🇧) - an organised race. 10 laps of the park!
𝗪𝗵𝘆? 👉 Raise £3,000 to fund 4 x children's holidays!
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼? 🚸 The Newman Holiday Trust, the charity I volunteer for, which provides residential holidays for children with special needs.
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄? 👀 On my Instagram Stories, I'll take you along for the ride. I'll post daily updates of my runs, recovery and adventure. Follow me @charlieheyworth
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗧
🚸 Each year, I use a week of my vacation time to volunteer for the Newman Holiday Trust, which is a charity that provides week-long residential holidays for children with special needs.
🏝️ As well as giving the children an amazing holiday, it's often the only opportunity their parents may get to take much-needed respite - all whilst their child has a once-in-a-lifetime holiday!
👨👦 At each Newman Trust Holiday roughly 30 adults give their time to care for 22 children — and as a carer, you look after a child 24/7 for the full week. These children have a range of disabilities, and all children are entirely dependent on adults for their safety and welfare.
👩⚕️ Most volunteers are from regular backgrounds — personal trainers, accountants, nurses — who escape their "real life" for one week to do this. They are amazing.
We do a range of different activities with the children — 🎨 arts & crafts, ⚽ sports, 🥇 talent shows, 🚒 fire brigade visits, 🏊 swimming, 🏰 bouncy castle, 🐅 animal park visit, 🎡 theme park visit, 🎤 singing, 🕺 dance, 🍽️ we eat together and 🪁 we play games — one of which involves cold baked beans, custard, shaving foam and Wotsits. Best not to ask...
It's totally outside my comfort zone but it's honestly my favourite week of the year
💰 The whole charity is funded by donations, and is completely run by volunteers. No workers, at any level, are paid — not even those people organising the holidays throughout the year.
𝟏𝟎𝟎% 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀...
🧸 £𝟓 can pay for sensory toys.
🧪 £𝟓𝟎 can buy equipment for 25 children to make slime!
🎒 £𝟕𝟓𝟎 can provide one child with a week-long holiday.
👪 £𝟏𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 can fund a whole holiday for 20 children.
The charity offers the highest levels of service for the children. Every year the Newman Holiday Trust are inspected by Ofsted - the UK's official inspection services - and every year since 2019 they've been rated the highest level of "𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
It's been a privilege to witness how the Newman Holiday Trust be transformative for everyone involved — the children, the parents and the helpers themselves. It truly changes lives. 🌠
ℹ️ Thanks in advance for considering donating. If you'd like to know any more information about the Newman Holiday Trust, please do ask!
You can also follow the Newman Holiday Trust on social media on Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, and LinkedIn. You can also support on EasyFundraising by downloading the free Google Chrome extension, which then donates a % to the charity as you shop online!