Newcastle Swim Team

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Team fundraiser43 membersThe Sick Children's Trust
£6,290
raised of £4,000 target
We provide free ‘Homes from Home’ to keep families together

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Newcastle Swim Team swimmers will be swimming the distance between Scott House at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle and Guilford Street House at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London! This will be a combined total of 286 miles or 18,876 lengths of our very own Gosforth pool! The reason for this crazy challenge is simple; to raise money for The Sick Children's Trust this Christmas. Just £40 will pay for one family to stay overnight at one of the SCT homes, on site at the hospital next to their poorly child. We are aiming to house the equivalent of 100 families by raising £4000! Please help us achieve our target this Christmas by donating whatever you can. Thank you!

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About the charity

The Sick Children’s Trust is the charity that gives families with a seriously ill child in hospital a comfortable place to stay and a friendly ear to listen in one of our ten ‘Homes from Home’. By providing families with somewhere to stay near their child they have one less thing to worry about.

Donation summary

Total raised
£6,290.00
+ £1,127.50 Gift Aid
Online donations
£6,290.00

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