Fundraising Stories

We'd like to say a huge thank you to all of our remarkable fundraisers! We're always grateful to our supporters, who do some amazing things to raise money for CCLG. Some of their stories are featured below, to acknowledge their hard work and inspire others in their fundraising actvities.

If you've been raising funds for us, we'd love the feature your story. Send us a message and some photos and we'll do the rest! You can also post your story on our Facebook page.

Team Toti's Bath Half Marathon

In March 2015, 73 runners ran for 'Team Toti' to raise funds for childhood leukaemia research, raising an incredible £30,000. 

Read their story

 

Conor's New York City Marathon

In November 2014, Conor Linnane ran the New York City Marathon in support of CCLG. 

Read Conor's story

 

Rachel and Stephen's RideLondon-Surrey 100

CCLG's Chair of Trustees, Rachel Wilcox, and her husband Stephen, decided to raise funds for CCLG by taking part in the 2014 RideLondon-Surrey 100 - on their tandem! 

Read Rachel's story

 

Gary's Silverstone Half Marathon

Gary Morgan decided to run in the Silverstone Half Marathon for CCLG and despite gaining a few injuries along the way, there was no way he was going to back out.

Read Gary's story

 

Ken's Cardiff to Paris cycle

Ken Evan’s took up cycling as a way to keep fit and very quickly realised he was hooked. He and his friends set themselves a challenge to cycle from Cardiff to Paris in just three days!

Read Ken's story

 

Marina's skydive

Marina Ryan had always wanted to do a Skydive, then one day her friend signed her up to do jump for charity! Marina tells us about determination to hit her fundraising and weight targets to allow her to fulfill her ambition to freefall from 10,000 feet! 

Read Marina's story