2015 Boxing Day Dip

TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED IS £910.00 is, £301.44 was raised on the day & 3 supporters raised funds through sponsorship fundraising pages, Richard Yallop with £115 / Amanda Peruzzi with £170 / Stephen Godfrey with 305. AMAZING! Thank you so much everyone for your support.

What a fabulous turn out of supporters for our Charity Boxing Day Dip. 40 Dippers took part, 3 of who continued with their training swim afterwards! It was great to see some familiar faces who have previously taken part in this event & the weather was kind to us once again which encouraged lots of supporters to watch our Dip. At midday the count down from 10, then everyone made a quick dash to the sea for their Dip. Lots of giggles & fun had by all. Thank you so much to all who came along. As always, massive thanks goes to H M Coastguard Happisburgh & Mundesley team for supporting the event, without this support this event would not be possible. All funds raised will got to our New Year Wish. Thank you so much every one, the support you have shown Lets Do It Anyway is completely humbling.

Congratulations to our fab 2015 Yorkshire 3 Peaks team, Leigh, Mark, Valerie, Martine and Nick on completing your fab challenge.

Wow! What a massive £877 was raised during the fabulous 3 hour Zumbathon, with a very magical moment at the end in the form of a 'Marriage Proposal'. What an awesome amount which will be donated to Charities Mencap & Letsdoitanyway, simply wonderful! The event was organised & hosted by Jeanette Chant & ran so smoothly. I was blown away by the enthusiasm shown by Jeanette & all of the other great instructors. They are all special ladies with sunshine in abundance, of which needs to be bottled and sprinkled on a rainy day!! Thankyou so much to Jeanette and all of the other instructors for supporting the event in August 2015 Special thanks to ALL ladies & gents, boys & girls, who took part in the Zunbathon, we really do appreciate your support. Oh & the day wouldn't have been complete without the appearance of 3 Gorillas! Well done & good work everyone. Thankyou so much to host Jeanette Chant, thank you so much for selecting 'Lets Do It Anyway' as one of your chosen Charities.

A big thank you to everyone that attended the Slice of Life Charity Coffee Morning hosted by St Edwards Church in Badersfield (home of Lets Do It Anyway charity) a wonderful amount of £186 was raised for Lets Do It Anyway.

Massive Thanks to our lovely Trustee Tina Fallon for all of her hard work. She continues to support Lets Do It Anyway in her spare time. Her recent efforts with the fab 'Slice of Life charity Coffee morning raised £186, simply brilliant! She is a fab hand at making yummy cakes too!! Thank you Tina.

A fabulous Charity Family Fun Day in aid of 'Scottys Little Soldiers' & 'Lets Do It Anyway' Charities was hosted by H.M. Coastguard Happisburgh & Mundesley. The sun was shining at the Lighthouse Inn in Walcott on 2nd August. The day was fun packed with a 'Raft Race', various stalls, Lifeboat display, a BBQ, Rodeo, Castle and much more. Thank you so much to the team at HM Coastguard for selecting 'Lets Do It Anyway' as one of your chosen Charities. We are looking forward to your 3 day Charity Raft Challenge taking place on 2nd, 3rd & 4th October 2015.

Many congratulations and massive thanks to our 2014 National 3 Peaks team. We are so proud & humbled by the increasing amount of support shown for Charity Lets Do It Anyway. This year a staggering £9001.14 was raised in sponsorship by the team. Special thanks goes to the whole team including, Vicky Corke, Nicky Hargrave, Sue O'Halloran, Paul Banham, Ben Chapman, Paul Davies, John Sizeland, Liz Douglas, Susanna Moore, Suzanne Ives, our fabulous support team & drivers Simon Corke & Seamus and Simon Ogunlana of Mountaineerin for leading our group to another successful National 3 Peaks Challenge.

A special cheque presentation to Musical Keys took place, which was very humbling. Musical Keys is a Norwich based charity providing a service to people with special and/or additional needs across East Anglia. Musical Keys strive for equal access to music and creativity and aim to provide a service for groups who are isolated as a result of geographic location, social deprivation or disability. For further details Checkout hhttp://www.musicalkeys.co.uk

After training hard all year, Jane Richards & Noreen Frisby took on our Yorkshire 3 Peaks Charity Challenge on 16th August 2014. It was a very windy day, but they completed the challenge in a fabulous time of 10 hours 21 minutes! Wow! Brilliant effort, congratulations ladies. Many thanks to Simon Ogunlana of Mountaineerin for leading and support. What is the challenge?? Jane & Noreen , with the support of Simon, climbed & summit the three highest mountains in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, which are Pen y ghent (2273ft), Whernside (2414ft) and Ingleborough (2373ft) and the walking distance between the three peaks. That’s approximately 7000ft of climbing and 25 miles. Massive Congratulations Jane & Noreen on the total sponsorship raised of £702.00. Brilliant effort, well done & 'Thank you' so much for supporting 'Lets Do It Anyway'.

Time and time again we meet so many inspiring people with an incredible 'Lets Do It Anyway' attitude, who despite their debilitating medical condition or disability, they continue to overcome the challenges they face. With this in mind, we decided to give YOU the opportunity to nominate your shining star, someone who inspires you that you truly believe deserves a New Year Wish from us, and the very deserving recipients are:

New Year Wish no 1
For the courageous Paul Jermy. Nominated by his brother Gavin Jermy. We were all completely touched by his story. In his nomination Gavin wrote:
"I am nominating my brother Paul Jermy who is 47 years old. What can i say about my bro..a year ago he was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic syndrome which is a blood disease that affect the bone marrow and blood,which has become life threatening. He has been in and out of hospital all year because he has to have blood transfusions every month when his blood count becomes dangerously low,which makes him so weak, breathless with zero energy. He has been through so much but still manages to keep going with his chin up. All of us brothers and sister had a test to see if we were a match for a blood cell transplant, unfortunately not one of us were, but just recently the hospital has found a donor and its all happening in the new year,this has given Paul and us a huge lift after a very worrying year as all the family has given so much to help and make things normal. Hopefully this is the turning point. My brother lord is the most inspiring person i know because of all the love in him which he shares".

Paul will be going in to hospital on 6th January for 6 weeks to have a Bone Marrow Transplant, so Gus asked Lets Do It Anyway to make over his garden for when he gets out of hospital. LDIA has also donated a TV with DVD player built in for Paul to watch whilst in hospital.

We paid a visit to Paul, Gus and the whole family today to surprise Paul with the news. It was an emotional moment for all. You are a lovely family & we can't wait to get started on the garden, thanks to our lovely volunteers.

Good luck to you Paul, we are all thinking of your...Always remember...Be Bold...Be Brave...Be YOU...and get well soon.

New Year Wish no 2
For the inspiring Joel Connor-Saunders. Nominated by his Mum Tina Connor-Saunders. Joel never fails to inspire those he meets. In her nomination Tina wrote:

"I'd like to nominate my son for the very reason that he never fails to inspire me... He's kind, caring, thoughtful and always thinks of others first. Joel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the tender age of 14 months old. He was extremely isolated as a child but discovered wheelchair basketball at the age of 7. This changed his life and totally inspired him to help others, he took on a leadership role and managed to take a level one coaching course at the age of 14 to which he coaches regularly (every Saturday) volunteering at our local wheelchair basketball club. Joel has attended disability sports schemes to help make sport inclusive. He has recently achieved an aâ?¢ in his GCSE PE exams even though he is a permanent wheelchair user. Joel is a Whizz Kids ambassador, helps with fundraising and went to Downing Street to deliver the generation inspired manifesto"

Tina told told us that Joel has been Para gliding and also tried out the wind tunnel as he would to Sky Dive, with this in mind we surprised Joel today to tell him the news that 'Lets Do It Anyway' is giving Joel a Tandem Sky Dive (will be decided after Joel visits the Drop Zone), OR a track day.
Joel was completely shocked and his response was "I don't know what I've done to deserve it". Joel, YOU are an amazing young man and thoroughly deserve a New Year Wish. Enjoy your experience.

2013 Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge

In August Paul & Tonya completed the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge in 10 hers 45 ins.  A tough 25 mile circular walk with 3 mountains to climb throughout.  Total funds raised is £738.

2013 British 3 Peaks Challenge

In June 2013 an amazing group of 11 supporters ALL completed the British 3 Peaks a tough but fabulous Challenge. Funds raised during the challenge funded a new sporty wheelchair for The Green Canaries Wheel  Basketball Club aneequipment for Norwich City Power Football team.

Our wonderful team raised an incredible £3484.10 of which £1876 + gift aid was donated on-line through Dove Trust (as yet we are not in receipt of this amount & waiting for the Interim manager appointed by the Charity Commission to inform us of payments due).

At the start of Ben Nevis, the first ascent.

Kids 4 Kids Relay 2013

Our 3^rd Kids 4 Kids relay saw fabulous weather & great fun was had by all.  Funds raised will go towards a sporty wheelchair for Lowriders Wheelchair Basketball team

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