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Fundraising

In May 2011 Parents and swimmers took part in the 20,000 to one appeal to support cancer treatment for a friend of the swim school. In times when money is tight people were asked to donate just £1. The idea behind this was to ask 20,000 people to donate a small amount in order to make a big difference. Along with many more fundraisng efforts the target has been reached but the fundraising continues and is now 30,000 to one appeal. We wish the family well and huge thanks all who contributed.

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On Sunday 22nd May swimmers took part in a distance swim.

After a quite hectic start we needed 3 lanes and not 2! Quickly setting this up we sorted swimmers into their lanes where they soon settled into their distance swims. Swimmers covered in excess of 44,000m between them, a staggering 27.5 miles.
CONGRATULATIONS

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Swim School sponsored 2007swim

On Sunday 15th April 2007 staff, swimmers and

parents took part in a sponsored swim. This swim
was to raise money for the charity
Children with Leukaemia. Staff and parents were
ready with their mark sheets to count the lengths.
Swimmers were able to count this towards their
next distance badge provided the swim was overseen
by a teacher. Tom Gresty was kept very busy!

It was good to see families arrive and swim together.
Everyone was included and some of the younger
swimmers put their discs on and just kept going.

Over £518.00 was raised and sent off with more sponsorship money coming in later or being sent direct to the charity.

A huge thank you to all who took part from Tom Gresty and his team.

On Sunday 20th July 2008 parents and swimmers, alongside members of St. John Ambulance took part in a sponsored swim. The swim was to raise money to purchase an Automated External Defribulator. This life saving equipment has now been purchased by the Amalfi team at St John. (a group of 15 - 18 year old St John members)

Thanks must also go to Sainsbuy's Local for providing the refreshments

Swimmers did a fantastic job raising over £600.00

A huge thank you from Tom Gresty and St John Ambulance to Laura and Kayleigh for organising the event which ran very smoothly and was enjoyed by all.

December 2005 Sponsored swim

Swimmers and parents at the Tom Gresty swim school swam together along side staff to raise £1388.12 for the Warwickshire Air Ambulance. Event co-ordinator, Laura Thomas, 16, said, “ During my work experience at the Coventry Airport Fire Station I witnessed at first hand the Air Ambulance base and decided to combine my love of swimming with a fundraising event.”

Swimmers aged from 4 to 70 set out to swim the
equivalent of the English Channel, a distance of 21 miles,
over the course of one hour. The eventual total was,
in fact, an impressive 51.7 miles – more than double
the width of the Channel.

Jo Payne Fundraising Manager came to receive the cheque and meet some of the swimmers as the helicopter ironically was called to respond in Rugby that morning. Jo said, “As we get no financial support from the Government or National Lottery, we are extremely grateful to all the staff for their hard work and especially Laura for organising it. Well done to the swimmers and thanks to all who gave so generously in sponsorship – It really will help save lives.”

Swim school owner Tom Gresty added, “I am proud of Laura and would like to thank her and everybody who took part in this smashing event in aid of the Air Ambulance.”

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