I love raising money for charities that I'm passionate about, it is very rewarding as I love helping people and trying to make a difference, it is one of my many passions. I love Exmoor "the sea meeting the moors suits my fundraising down to the ground"
I started fundraising in 2009 and have raised £18,064.02 up until June 2019. I haven't done any fundraising for the last 4 years but am about to embark on a new charity venture for Diabetes UK. My fundraisers to date are:
April 2009 - I did a sponsored swim at Porlock weir in the dark dressed in my pjs and red nose for Comic relief, raising £400. October 2011 - I went back in the sea at Lee bay, this time in my Halloween outfit, in the highest tide of the year, raising £710 for Porlock visitors centre. March 2012 - I did another sponsored swim at Lee Bay at 6.40am it was cold, dark and I was wearing my union jack flag in true British style, raising another £590 for Porlock Visitors Centre. April 2013 - I decided to stay on dry ground and do a 13 mile sponsored walk, still in fancy dress, this time as little red riding hood, I raised £1,178 which was split between Croft House care home and Culbone church. My biggest challenge I started in January 2012 and finished a further two years later, I made a WI style calendar called the Exmoor Belles charity calendar 2014, it launched in September 2013, we raised a profit of £5300 for the 12 individually chosen charities. February 2014 - I did another swim to raise more money for the Calendar Charities in my Exmoor Belles carnival fancy dress outfit raising another £200
August 2014 - I did a Fancy dress cake stall at the country fair dressed as a fisher wife and raised £462.67 for World prematurity day. September 2014 - I went Coaststeering in aid of Myeloma research, I raised £3034.37. October 2014 - I hosted an All Hallows eve pub Quiz in full Vampire costume raising £93.13 for Dogs trust and £93.13 for Balkan Underdogs. March 2015 - I did a sponsored midnight walk up Glastonbury Tor with my lantern dressed in an owl Onesie and camping overnight, in aid of St Margarets Hospice, raising £1634.48
My most recent big challenge was The Exmoor Beasts calendar, The Male version of the Exmoor Belles dignified naked calendar which launched in June 2017 and we completed in June 2019 and raised £4,608.24 for the 13 chosen charities.
