Charity
Future and past charity events to raise awareness & funds for good causes
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Upcoming Charity Events
Run 50 Miles For Sands
Sands
April 2025
Burnley, Lancashire
TBC
Sands, the charity whose work helps prevent baby deaths, stillbirths and supports bereaved parents, asked people to run 50 miles in April, to raise awareness and funds…
Wigan to Southport Cycle
Baby G Fund
April 2025
Wigan to Southport
TBC
In loving memory of Baby G, a team will be cycling from Wigan to Southport, to raise money for the Baby G Fund, which fundraises for incubators for children’s wards in hospitals.
Sprint Triathlon
Baby G Fund
May 2025
United Kingdom
TBC
A sprint distance triathlon, in loving memory of Baby G, to raise money for incubators in hospitals in the North West…
Swim 22
Diabetes UK
22 March-22 June '25
United Kingdom
TBC
Swimming 44-miles over 12 weeks, for Diabetes UK, as part of their ‘Swim 22’ event
Olympic Triathlon
Baby G Fund
Summer 2025 (TBC)
North West England
TBC
An Olympic triathlon is 1.5km swim, a 40km cycle and a 10km run. I’ll be doing this in summer, in memory of Baby G, to raise awareness and funds for the Baby G Fund, who buy incubators for hospitals in the North West…
Chester Marathon
North West Air Ambulance
October 2025
Chester, Cheshire
TBC
Running the Chester marathon (26.2 miles/42.1km) for North West Air Ambulance, in October 2025…
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Past Charity Events
Swimathon 2025
Swimathon
March 2025
Burnley, Lancashire
TBC
I completed the triple 5km event, swimming 5km on three consecutive days, in Padiham and Burnley. Swimathon raises awareness and funds for Marie Curie and Cancer Research.
Cancer Research Swim
Cancer Research
March 2025
Lancashire
TBC
Cancer Research challenged people to swim 10km over the month of March. I completed over 30km!
100 Miles for Mind
Mind
March 2025
United Kingdom
TBC
Mind, the mental health charity, challenged people to hike or run over 100 miles in the month of March…
24-Hour Walk
Rohingya Refugees
2022
Lancashire
TBC
24-hour charity walk across Lancashire and back (Burnley to Lytham return trip), covering over 105km (66 miles), to raise awareness and funds for the plight of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh…
25km Wild Swims
Bone Cancer Trust
2022
North West
TBC
Over 25km of open water swimming completed, over the month of June in 2022, for the Bone Cancer research charity.
10km Pool Swims
Bone Cancer Trust
2022
United Kingdom
TBC
Over 10km of pool swims completed, for Bone Cancer Research, across the month of July 2022.
Have a cause that you want to raise awareness or funds for?
I’m always happy to help get involved in raising awareness and funds for good causes, as well as helping with networking and advising on operations, strategy and other matters.
Get in touch with me for a chat…