The total cost of the expedition will be just over £2800, plus innoculations and kit. One of the features of the World Challenge expedition is that the participants are required to raise the funds themselves instead of simply getting a blank cheque from their parents. It was a lot of money, but we've had 18 months to raise it. I finally raised the last £20 last week with only 20 days to go before we set off to India.
I have achieved this amount through a range of individual activities and group organized events. The individual fundraising efforts included:
Smartie Tube donations (A great kick off for my fundraising)..........£650
Work (housework, gardening, catsitting for neighbours)................£275
eBay sales (Dinky cars, Lego and old clothes).........................£755
'Coporate' sponsorships (Natwest and the John Weston Trust)...........£200
Carboot sales...............................................£180
and a few other odds and ends.
Group efforts included:
2 Valentine's disco's }
A quiz night at school }........................................£115
Weekly cake stalls }
A sponsored lock-in at Derby's old haunted gaol.......................£270
I would like to thank all the people who have helped me get this far, but a special thanks has to go to these people for their outstanding generosity in helping me reach my target; Natwest Bank, The John Weston Charitable Trust, Peter Oliver, My Grandparents Noel and Peggy, Sarah and Andy Patton, Peter and Tracy Dudley, Graeme and Julia Makepeace, Karen and Andy Roberts and last but not least my Parents.
