We’ve been following Phil Packer’s campaign to raise £1 million for Help for Heroes and we’re delighted to say that he’s done it! From the original prognosis of never being able to walk again, through a series of seemingly impossible challenges Phil has motivated so many people to support him and has managed to raise [...]
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May 27, 2009 at 8:59 am • Filed under Inspiration for fundraisers • Tagged El Capitan, Help for Heroes, London Marathon, phil packer, £1M
You can’t have failed to hear about Phil Packer’s amazing challenge to complete the London Marathon over 13 days after being left paraplegic due to a rocket attack in Basra last year. We’ve followed his quest to raise £1 million pounds for Help for Heroes and were there to walk the last mile of his [...]
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May 14, 2009 at 9:31 am • Filed under Inspiration for fundraisers • Tagged basra, El Capitan, Help for Heroes, London Marathon, Paraplegic, phil packer
It’s been nearly two weeks since the London Marathon and we’re all still really impressed by your efforts and how much you’ve raised – and continue to raise. It’s just under £23 million so far and it keeps growing every day. This figure already smashes the total raised last year.
At the moment, it’s 15% more [...]
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May 11, 2009 at 9:21 am • Filed under New on JustGiving • Tagged 'Best video appearance', best dressed runner, best fundraising tip, Ed Powell, FLM 09 expo, Haylee Hibbert, London Marathon, Michael Ripley, Neil Ruff, Niall Hoskin, Thea Hoskin, Una Clarke, video, ‘picture most like the owner’, ’best artistic interpretation’
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Phil Packer, now paraplegic after he was injured serving in Iraq, is on a mission to walk the marathon over two weeks.
His Justgiving page, Phil’s Million, aims to raise one million pounds for Help for Heroes, and he’s almost half way to his target already.
Over the past few days, since he set off on crutches [...]
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April 28, 2009 at 10:26 am • Filed under Inspiration for fundraisers • Tagged Help for Heroes, London Marathon, phil packer, Phil's million
A *big* thank-you to everyone who came to our pre-London Marathon Meet-up last night and made it such a fun and interesting evening.
We’re very grateful to our four brilliant speakers - all running the London Marathon this year - who passed on such inspiring stories and helpful tips: BBC2 presenter and conservationist Monty Halls, the [...]
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April 15, 2009 at 10:45 am • Filed under News from JG Towers • Tagged London Marathon, meet-up, Monty Halls, Sally Kettle, Simon Foster