Thank you

The Abseil down Guys Hospital Tower

The month of November saw 35 people agreed to abseil down the Guys Hospital Tower, organised by James Kay, uncle of Ivy Gage. The tower is 34 stories high and stands at 143 meters. None of the 35 participants backed out last minuite, in fact the organisers stated that they had never have so many people in one group abseil forwards before - really why would you want to go down forwards!!!! To date this event has raised £3857.50 - well done James a fantasatic start to your marathon sponsorship!

Greenacres School

The Lily Foundation was the school PTA's Charity of the Year last year which means they donated 10% of everything they raised to us - a total of £750. Thank you so much, both for supporting our fundraising and showing interest in the charity and helping to spread information about it.

 Emily's Angels

Running The Royal Parks Half Marathon for Emily, the Angels, comprising Lisa Ness, Paula Chapman, Mel Woodland, Karen Andrews and Angela Hodder, aimed to raise £2,000 and are about to hit £8,000. Extraordinary girls! You are an inspiration.

James Sutcliffe

Not to be outdone by the team of ladies, James also ran the Royal Parks for The Lily Foundation - can't thank you enough James.

Lily Hamer

A huge congratulations to Lily who ran the Great North Run and raised £1438 for The Lily Foundation. Lily was inspired to run when her great nephew was diagnosed with a Mitochondrial Disease.  Well done and thank you!

Nikki and Kelly Gatrell

Who ran the Bupa Great North Run in memory of Oliver Gatrell and have raised a fabulous £2,001, doubling their initial target. What an achievement! Thank you so much.

Whyteleafe Family Fun Day

Well done to Donna and your hugely supportive family for organising such a huge successful event. The sun shone, the crowds came and you raised £750 for The Lily Foundation.  Well done and thank you.

Charlie Whitfield

Well done Charlie for your epic cycle challenge. Charlie rode from Chamonix to Nice, racking up 11,000m of vertical ascent along the way.  Rather you than me.  Well done and thank you Charlie!

London to Brighton Bike Ride - The Cootes'

Many thanks to the Coote family who completed The London to Brighton Bike Ride for the Lily Foundation.  They are also organising a Family Fun Day at Whyteleafe Football Club on Sunday 31st July

Mark Hill and the Dragon Boat Race

Thank you to Mark and his team who took part in the Dragon Boat Race in Worcester.  The team came forth. Well done everyone.

Tina Grech and team and the Merlin Cycle Ride 2011

Lyn Cooke

Grandmother to Freya, Lyn's work raised £110 through a collection.

The Hope and Anchor, Clifton Bristol

Thank you to Nikki Hughes who raised £60 from a collection tin at the bar. Nikki is the proud auntie of Freya Cooke.

London BUPA 10,000

Thank you our team of 35 runners who gave up their May Bank Holiday MOnday for join our team and run in the BUPA 10,000. Thank you to everyone who took part. It was a great and very proud day for us. Thank you.

Spixworth Social Club

Thank you to everyone who took part in the  quiz nights and raffles at Spixwroth Social Club. These events were held in memory of Christopher Chandler who was an active member of the club. Christopher lost his battle to Mitochodrial Disease aged 24.

Debbie Roberts

Thank you to Debbie Roberts for organising a dress down day at her workplace.

Peter Dance and The Edinburgh Half Marathon

Thank you Peter for running the Edinburgh Half Marathon. Peter ran in memory of his Grandson Oliver who sadly lost his life to a Mitochondrial Disease aged just 7 weeks. Peter raised a magnificent £881.00.

The 2011 Virgin London Marathon

Thank you so much to our Marathon team this year. We had our biggest team to date pound the streets of London, including Dave (Lily's dad) and Jonathan Pearce(Lily's uncle). Joining them were Niall who ran in memory of his little girl Niamh, Jon Gurney, running in memory of Bridie, Mark whose 4 year old daughter Ivy suffers from a Mitohcondrial Disease and Dave whose son Charlie is living with the challenges of the condition. This years marathon was by far our most succesful to date so thank you to everyone of our 25 runners this year. We raised a total of £54,822.54. But we would like to say a special thank you to Camilla Rogers (pictured on the right) who single handedly raised £24,082.20.  Well done and thank you to everyone.

Olivia Wingrove Sponsored Bike Ride

A huge thank you to Olivia who saw a leaflet about The Lily Foundation and decided that she wanted to do something to help.  In her own words she said "

"I am 12 years old and I wanted to help a charity, then we got this leaflet at school advertising your charity. So I got a sponser form and got people to sponser me. I got straight on that bike and cycled from Buxted to Uckfield that weekend. I raised as much as I could because I read the story about Lily and I wanted to help."

Olivia raised £40. 70. Thank you so much Olivia

Ben Cains and his Sponsored Goals

Well done Ben on raising £190.00 for The Lily Foundation. Ben was sponsored for every goal he scored this season. Last year Ben's baby brother Oliver died aged just 7 weeks of a Mitochondrial Disease. Well done Ben and thank you

The Old Vicarage School raised over £2652.90

Many thanks to The Old Vicarage School who raised a phenomenal £2652.90 from a sponsored walk in June. Thank you for inviting me to your school assembly to explain The Lily Foundation.  Thank you so much for your support.

Warlingham Secondary School raise £1269.69

Warlingham Sixth Form chose to support The Lily Foundation and rasied £1269.69 from the infamous Sixth Form Review.  I would also like to thank Warlingham School for giving me the opportunity to speak in their assemblies about The Lily Foundation enabling me to address the whole school.  Well done to you all and thank you very much.

National Friendly hit their £10,000 target for The Lily Foundation

A huge thank you to all the staff at National Friendly, who have been raising funds for The Lily Foundation over the past 12 months. The charitys work is close to the heart of National Friendly employees Neil and Debbie Thomspon whose granddaughter Freya (featured in the photo) suffers from the disease.  The money has been raised through cake sales. sponsored events including staff running half marathons and 10k runs.  Well done to you all and thank you very much.

Adam Levanthal 10k Run

Well done and thank you Adam for all your efforts completing the 10k. Having been snowed off in December, you did well to stay focused and fit to finally run in February! Adam raised £1500 for The Lily Foundation.

Pool Night in Memory of Christopher Chandler 15/1/11

Well done Marilyn and Graham Chandler who organised a pool competition in memory of their son Christopher who died aged 24 of Mitochondrial Disease. The pool competition took place at their local social club and the trophey was won by Duggie (see in the photo wearing a striped top).  Duggie was presented the trophy by Christopher's parents. The evening raised a magificent £265. Well done and thank

Bridie's Stuchbury's 2nd birthday celebrations 7/1//11

Bridie Stutchbury would have celebrated her 2nd birthday on 7/1/11, but Bridie lost her battle to Mitochondrial Disease in April last year.  Bridie's family could not let this special day pass without remembering Bridie and celebrating with her. They held a dinner for close friends and family and raised money for The Lily Foundation. £750 was raised in memory of Bridie. Well done to you and thank you.

Visit from Santa at WigWam Brighton

Father Christmas took a day out of busy schedule to visit Wigwam Childrens Toy Shop in Brighton just before Christmas. Joanna Merritt, shop owner donated all proceeds taken to The Lily Foundation raising £138.00  Thank you very much.

The Cardiff Half Marathon October 2010

Congratulations to Jade and Joanna who ran the Cardiff Half Marathon in support of their friend Gemma's little girl Freya who is suffering from a Mitochondrial Disease.  The girls raised over £1500 between them.  Well done and thanks x

The Royal Parks Half Marathon 2010

In October Callista Punch raised over £330 for The Lily Foundation, running the Royal Parks Half Marathon in memory of Oliver Gatrell. Congratulations on your first half marathon Callista - I hope you're inspired for many more!

Quilt ExhibitionOctober 2010

organised by the TARTS sewing group

Major Energy Open, sponsored by TOTAL and Edge Business Media

Many thanks to companies who came together to take part in the Major Energy Open at Hampton Court Palace Golf Club. The day was organised by Shawn Coles, Managing Director of Edge Business Media and sponsored by TOTAL Gas and Power. It was a great day for everyone who took part, it provided a great opportunity to network within the industry, but have fun at the same time. The sun shone all day and the golf day raised a magnificent £6000 for The Lily Foundation. Thank you.

Fiona Evans Sky Dive September 2010

Well one would think that anyone who suffers from vertigo would find another way to raise money!  Not Fiona! Fiona raised over £500 for The Lily Foundation faced her fears and jumped out of an areoplane.  Well done and thank you.

BUPA Great North Run 2010

Well done and many thanks to Steve, Pants, Martin and Dave who battled the 13 miles of the Great North Run for us in September. Hope you're all well recovered - and think how much easier it will be next year guys!

Lands End To John O'Groats Spetember 2010

 Kilimanjaro September 2010

It is quite amazing really - The Lily Flag flown at the top of Mount Kiliamanjaro in August and September!!

A massive well done to John, Les, Wetsley, Dan, Paul, Robert, Phillip and Tony, for reaching the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. A huge achieivment and effort. The guys are hoping to raise significant funds for The Lily Foundation, we look forward to hearing your final total. Thank you.

The London Triathlon August 2010

Many thanks to Paul Lewis and Dan who completed the London Triathlon in great times raising over £700 for The Lily Foundation.

Kilimanjaro August 2010

Congratulations to Chetana, Karen and Anna who made it to the top of Kilimanjaro for The Lily Foundation. The trio raised over £4000. They have put together a wonderful video of their adventure. Click here to watch.

Mark and Andy's bike ride for Bridie

Martin York and Andy Muskett rode 250 miles over four days in August, from Herne Bay to North Anston (near Sheffield), in memory of Bridie Stuchbury and to raise money for The Lily Foundation. Thank you so much guys!

The Etape 2010

Charlie Whitfield completed the Etape which is the first stage of the Tour De France. The stage this year was in the Pyrenees - and it was 181 kilometers and 4000 meters of vertical gain. Charlie completed this incredible challenge in 10 hours. Well done Charlie and thanks

The London to Paris Bide Ride

Matthew Smith and Colin Ashby successfully completed the London to Paris Bike Ride in aid of The Lily Foundation.  It took 4 days to compete the challenge.  Well done and thank you.

The Dartford Half Marathon

A huge thank you to the Bridie Bear's Team.  The team consisted of 22 runners, all of whom completed the Dartford half marathon in memory of Bridie Stuchbury. Bridie died from Alpers Disease (a mitochondrial disease); Bridie was 15 months old. Click here to read Bridie's story. The team are hoping to raise in excess of £6,000. Well done guys and thanks x

London to Brighton Bike Ride 20th June 2010

Thank you to David Darsey and all the staff at Erith Contractors who rode in this years London to Brighton Bike ride representing and raising money for The Lily Foundation.

London BUPA 10K 31st May 2010

Well done to everyone who ran for The Lily Foundation on this Bank Holiday Monday. Gavin, Simon, Kelvin and Martin all running in memory of Dexter Osborn, Laura and Mark running in support of Gary who suffers from Mitochondrial Disease and Emma, Sarah, Lynne, Dianne, Lisa, Henry and the group from IT Talent, Brian, Julie, James and Samuel all ran to represent and raise funds for The Lily Foundation.  Thank you.

Sainsburys Collections May 2010

Thank you to everyone who helped The Lily Foundation with bucket collections for the two weekends in May.  We collected over £1200 over these two weekends.

Bristol 10K 9th May 2010

Thank you Melanie and staff at National Friendly for running and representing the Lily Foundation in the Bristol 10k.  Well done and thanks.

Monmouth Comprehensive School

Thank you to all the staff and students who organised a cake stall to raise funds for the Lily Foundation. They rasied £485.00. The school voted to supported The Lily Foundation after learning about Charlie Camis and his struggle living with Mitochondrial Disease. Charlie is the grandson of a member of staff at the school.

Thank you to staff at HSBC Weybridge

Thank you to all the staff at HSBC Weybridge for their efforts in organising a fundraising evening at a local Indian Restaurant.

The Lily Foundation Sponsored Swim 8th May 2010

The Virgin London Marathon 25th April 2010

A huge thank you to everyone who took part in the Virgin London Marathon for The Lily Foundation. Thanks to Emma, Terry, Adrian, Marie, Laura, Stephen, Andy,Dave, Jamie, Ronnie, Robert, Clare, Michelle, Stephen, Ian and Suzanne. A great achievement. Thanks and well done.

Silverstone Half Marathon March 14th 2010

Well done to Stuart, Rod, Mark, Ellie, Anna, Chris, Jan, Nigel, Reshmal, Sam and Gary, for running the Silverstone half marathon on behalf of The Lily Foundation. Thank you and well done!

Thank you to staff and students at Lewes Old Grammar School

The staff and students of Lewes Old Grammar School took part in a sponsored walk in July 2009 to raise funds for The Lily Foundation and their own school trip to Africa. The weather was not very kind on the day of the walk, but by the time the heavens opened the students had walked 8 miles and most decided to make the trip back too.  So a huge thank you to you all. Thank you too for giving us the opportunity to meet you when we were presented with the cheque.

Susie Kyd

Susie is mentioned below for her amazing efforts in raising money for The Lily Foundation by walking 106 miles along the South Coast Path from Exmouth to Poole.  Susie raised a staggering £5500 for The Lily Foundation. Susie works for Kiln a Lloyds syndicate and applied for an award for The Lily Foundation given to members of staff of Lloyds for contributions to charity.  Susie was successful and on 4th December we were invited to receive a cheque for £1000 from Lloyds market Charitable Trust, presented by Grahame Chilton. Thank you

David Curtis and friends

David (Lily's uncle) has raised another £500 for The Lily Foundation by holding a third 'Electronox' XMAS special on 18th December 2009.  These events have now raised a huge £2000.00 for the charity. Thanks guys.

Whyteleafe Netball Club

Whyteleafe Netball Club hosted an auction night on Saturday 17th October.  There aim was to raise funds for their club and The Lily Foundation.  The girls at the club worked so hard organising the event and ended up with 63 lots for auction. The event raised a staggering amount of money, and with Barclays matching up to £750 and Mercers matching up to £300 the club raised a fantastic £2160 for The Lily Foundation and £2160 for Whyteleafe Netball Club. Thank you.

Andy Bushnell-Wye - The New York Marathon - Sunday 1st November 2009

Once again we were represented on international streets, when Andy pounded the streets of New York in aid of The Lily Foundation. Andy completed the marathon in an impressive 4 hours and 5 minutes in a truly fantastic atmosphere with the supporters lining the New York City Streets shouting 'Come on Lily' and then taking a second look when Andy ran past!  Thank you Andy and congratulations.

Jessica Wright - The Richmond Riverside 10K - Saturday 17th October 2009

Jessica beat the one hour mark in the Richmond Riverside 10K in aid of The Lily Foundation. Well done and thank you Jessica and thank you for supporting The Lily Foundation.

Stephen Osborne - The Chicago Marathon - Sunday 11th October 2009

Stephen joined 42,000 others to run in the Chicago Marathon in October. He completed the marathon in a magnificent 3 hours and 26 minutes. A truly amazing time beating his target set at 3 and half hours.  Congratulations. Stephen is a loyal supporter of The Lily Foundation, this is his 4th sponsored event for the charity. Thank you and well done.

The Royal Parks Half Marathon - Sunday 11th October 2009

Thank you to Joanne, Lisa and Danielle who ran their first half marathon in memory of Liam Gard who lost his life to Mitochondrial Disease in August 2008. The girls raised over £4000 between them in aid of The Lily Foundation.  Thank you and well done!

The Great North Run - 20th September 2009

Steve, Dave, PANTS and Andy took part in the famous Great North Run all running for The Lily Foundation.  Thanks guys for choosing to support us and raising a huge £800. I know you all had a great day and hopefully next year we will be up there with you cheering you on!

Denise Claxton - The Surrey Badger Half Marathon - Sunday 6th September 2009

Thank you Denise who took part in her first half marathon after taking up running in July. A fantastic achievement Denise. Thank you and well done.

The Fresh 'n' Lo Great Scottish Run - Sunday 6th September 2009

Thank you to Alison and Rhona who ran in Glasgow's 10k on Sunday 6th September. They ran in memory of Dexter who lost his life to Mitochondrial Disease aged just 2 days old. Wearing their Lily vests and pink tutus Alison and Rhona caught the attention of the local press and radio stations helping to spread awareness around the country. Well done and thank you.

Susie Kyd - 106 mile walk from Exmouth to Poole - August 2009

Thank you Susie who has raised over £5500 by walking from Exmouth to Poole in memory of beautiful Florence. It took just under a week starting on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Well done on this huge achievement and thank you for supporting the Lily Foundation

The Little Dragons - Sponsored Kickathon July 2009

Thank you to all the Little Dragons from Martial Lifestyle who took part in a sponsored kickathon. Between you you managed 20,000 kicks in one afternoon and raised £205.00 for The Lily Foundation. Well done and thank you.

The Lily Foundation Sponsored Swim - Saturday 11th July 2009

Thank you to Jackie, Janine, Lindsay and Maxine who organised this event and a huge thanks to everyone who took part.  We will do this again next year.

City to Coast Bike Ride - Sunday 28th June 2009

Once again we had a number of cyclists who set themselves the 60 mile challenge to ride the C2C. This ride includes the grueling Devils Dyke. Well done to Mandy, Jude, Rebecca, Chetana, James, Abby and Charlie.  A very special congratulations to Minnie (11) and Martha (9) who joined the race at the half way mark and cycled 30 miles (including Devils Dyke) for the Lily Foundation.  Well done girls!

Warlingham Fair - Blanchman's Farm - Saturday 20th June 2009

Thank you to Helen and Graham from the CR6 magazine who for the second year running choose to support the Lily Foundation at this annual event. The CR6 ran a tombola stall raising over £400 for The Lily Foundation.

A huge thank you to Jan Jackson. Jan hosted a stall at Warlingham fair selling goods that have been hand crafted by herself and a group of friends.  Jan raised an amazing £400 for the Lily Foundation.

Thank you to Rowland Brothers (Funeral Directors) who chose to support the Lily Foundation as their local charity at this event, raising just over £100 in the balloon race.

Football Tournament at Freedom Leisure, Hassocks - Saturday 13th June 2009

It was a very hot Saturday and many of you had turned up to play in the first Lily Foundation/Freedom Leisure Football Tournament when a just 'a little' out of shape! To say the least many of you found this a grueling task.  But a great day had by all. Thank you to all those who took part, including the referees and congratulations to Al's Fish and Chip Bar for taking the title. We hope that this is the first of many such tournaments.

Nikki's Pampered Chef Party - Pampered Chef Host Josie Wilkins - Friday 5th June 2009

Thank you to Nikki for hosting a pampered chef party with a difference!! Nikki's guests managed to buy enough stock to raise an impressive £75 for the Lily Foundation. Thank you to Josie for being such a great Pampered Chef representative and putting up with a very drunken 'mob'!! Sorry the photos have been censored from this evening!

The London BUPA 10K - Monday 25th May 2009

Well done and thank you to our team of runners who ran the streets of London in the London BUPA 10K. We had an impressive 20 runners in the Lily Team which consisted of Helen, Claire, Nikki, Ross, Simon, Gavin, Kelvin, Daniel, Chris, Jane, Mark, Madeline, Lisa, Olivia, Mark, Bob, Debbie, Lynne and Rachel. Once again congratulations. We will have places for this event next year for those of you who are itching to do this again!

Just Walk - May 2009

Thank you to Nicki, Helen and Tina who took on this 60K hike across the South Downs for a second year running.  They say it was sheer determination to beat the time from the year before that enocuraged them to go for it this year.  Well done girls you raised over £1000, and definitely beat your time! Thanks.  

The 2009 Flora London Marathon - Sunday 26th April 2009

A huge congratulations to the Lily team who ran in the 2009 Flora London Marathon to raise funds for the Lily Foundation. We are so proud of all of our runners and have the utmost respect for what you all achieved yesterday. The team included, BBCs Jonathan Pearce, Sky TV commentator Bill Leslie, BBC radio's Phil Parry, Dave, Michelle, Phil, Adrian,Clare, Natalie, Gillian, Sarah, Richard, Sarah and Dave.  Well done and thank you once again for choosing to run for The Lily Foundation.

The Military 10K Run - Sunday 22nd March 2009

A big thank you to all from Martial Lifestyle who took part in the 10K Military Fitness run and raised over £900.00 for The Lily Foundation. A muddy experience by all accounts! Well done and thank you.

Brighton Half Marathon - Sunday 22nd February 2009

A huge thank you to all our runners in Brighton. Clare, Marc, Dave, Gwen, Gillian, Sarah, Claire and Stephen all competed in the Sussex Beacon half Marathon in aid of the Lily Foundation. We have full admiration for you all. All the effort and training has paid off. Congratulations.

Congratulations to Tala too, who competed in the Youth Race in Brighton.  It was her first race and we saw her come sprinting to the finish line.  Well done Tala.

Dave Merritt - Ultra Marathon - Saturday 7th February 2009

Dave, Lily's dad, ran a 50 mile Ultra Marathon from Reading to Oxford.  It was cold and the ground was full of snow.  To read about Dave's day and see some pictures click here.

Dave completed the ultra in 11 hours and 20 mins!  Well done you !!!