English Channel Swim - Folkestone to France

Sep 25, 2024

English Channel Swim - Folkestone to France

English Channel Swim - Folkestone to France

Steven Millard

This September I will be completing a solo swim across the English Channel. It will be 2 years to the day from when I began training for this. This will be by far the hardest challenge I have ever undertaken. More people have climbed Everest than have completed the Channel swim!

I have invested many 1000's of hours in training for this, many hours of non stop swimming - face down in a lake, shoulders burning and just alone with only the occasional fish swimming past to keep me company.

So I would like to ask you to kindly donate towards the two Charities I have chosen to swim for:
Help for Heroes & Solihull Down Syndrome Support Group.

I have set up a Givewheel sponsorship page - They split all donations 50/50 between each charity and take no commission.

I would like to thank Do3 for training me from a below average swimmer into the beautifully chiselled athlete I am today. But most importantly I would like to thank my amazing wife for helping me along the way, for all the hours & hours I have spent face down swimming in lakes, she has been holding the fort and kept supporting me throughout.

Supporting

Help For Heroes Logo
Help For Heroes

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We provide lifelong support to Service Personnel and Military Veterans with injuries, illnesses and wounds sustained while serving in the British Armed Forces.

Solihull Down Syndrome Support Group Logo
Solihull Down Syndrome Support Group

Community | 1110239

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We are a parent run charity supporting families/carers of children/young adults in Solihull with DS. We provide the opportunity for families and carers in Solihull and the surrounding areas to get to know others in a similar situation. We know how much sharing of information and experience can provide significant emotional and practical support so we provide that platform.

Supporters 153

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£7,044.06

+ £747.00 Gift Aid

£4,000 target | 153 supporters

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Charities Supporting

Help For Heroes

50%

Solihull Down Syndrome Support Group

50%