Project 550 by 50

I've launched Project 550 by 50 with the aim of raising £550k by my 50th birthday. That's just four & half years away!!!

I’m passionate about helping midlifers find their smile whilst at the same time raising money for charity. It’s my intention to raise money two ways:

1. By running retreats where I give my time freely and request only one thing - at the end, if you feel you’ve got value from the time you have spent on the retreat; you pay an amount of money to your chosen charity

2. By creating valuable, useful and practical resources to help you find your smile whilst raising money for my current charity - Winston’s Wish. Please check out the finding your smile resources page and if you find what's on there valuable and inspiring you might like to donate a minimal fee, say £5.00, to Winston's wish. Its simple, just click on the link and pledge away!

Winston's WishAbout the charity:Winston's Wish
Winston's Wish supports children following the expected or sudden death of their mother, father, brother or sister. Recognised as a leading authority on the provision of child bereavement services across the UK, it is also the largest provider of bereavement services for children in Europe.
Charity Registration No 1061359

Charities

The purpose of this page is to show how both time and money has been pledged by guests that have attended the Following Your Smile events:

National Autistic Society Time www.nas.org.uk
National Autistic Society £100 www.nas.org.uk
Thorpe House Hospice £200 www.suerydercare.org
Hearing Dogs  £150 www.hearing-dogs.co.uk
Comic Relief  £925 www.comicrelief.com
Well Child £100 www.wellchild.org.uk
Cancer Research £3,190 www.cancerresearchuk.org
Believe Time www.believe.org.uk
Mencap £100 www.mencap.org.uk
Samaritans £200 www.samaritans.org
Dyslexia Association £100 www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
Ellen MacCarthur Trust £150 www.ellenmacarthurtrust.org
Save the Albatross £150 www.savethealbatross.net
SEVA Trust Orphanage Goa £40,081 www.sevatrust.org
St Elizabeth Hospice £155 www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk
Association for International Cancer £3,800 www.aicr.org.uk
NSPCC £3,400 www.nspcc.org.uk
Dogs Trust £3,120 www.dogstrust.org.uk
The Passage Time www.passage.org.uk
The Passage £100 www.passage.org.uk
Plan £50 www.Plan-UK.org
Compton Hospice £180 www.compton-hospice.org.uk
Woodland Trust £150 www.WoodlandTrust.org.uk
Abbotswick House of Prayer £2,400 www.abbotswick.org
Childline £100 www.ChildLine.org.uk
Donkey Sanctuary (Spain) Time  
Childline Time www.ChildLine.org.uk
Zambian Childrens Fund £53 www.zambianchildrensfund.org
Southern Poverty Law Centre £53 www.splcenter.org
Brain Tumour Trust £300 www.braintumourtrust.co.uk
Richmond Volunteer Scheme Time  
Smile Train £150 www.smiletrain.org
P.A.Nepal Ophanage £200 www.ptet-nepal.org/rehabnpl.htm
Spirit of Satchidananda £450 www.spiritofsatchidananda.org
Rifcom £5,499 www.rifcom.org
Wateraid £300 www.wateraid.org/uk/
Great Ormond St £10 www.gosh.org/
Willen Hospice £200 www.willen-hospice.org.uk
Lavender Trust £100 www.breastcancercare.org.uk
Micheal Sobell House £150 www.michealsobelhouse.co.uk
Winston's Wish £1,730 www.winstonswish.org.uk
ecoYAK £100  
The Sick Childrens Trust £500 www.sickchildrenstrust.org/
Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research £200 www.llresearch.org.uk/en/1/home.html
Breast Cancer Havern £200 www.breastcancerhaven.org.uk
Macmillian Cancer Support £250 www.macmillan.org.uk
Africat Foundation £110 www.africat.org/
Aldeas Infantiles £120 www.aldeasinfantiles.org.ec/site/
Sue Ryder Care £600 www.suerydercare.org/
Myotubular Trust £250 www.myotubulartrust.com/
Marie Curie £100 www.mariecurie.org.uk/
Plan UK £2,014 www.plan-uk.org/becomeasponsor/
IDAHO £4,424 www.dayagainsthomophobia.org
Action Aid £250 www.actionaid.org.uk
Children's Wish Foundation £1,220 www.childrenswish.ca/
Claire de Lune £883  
Hope For Childern £883 www.hope-for-children.org
Shooting Star Children's Hospice £2,000 www.shootingstar.org.uk/
Akanksha £150 www.akanksha.org/
The Big Issue Time www.bigissue.com/
ACE £380 http://www.ace-africa.org/
Children in Need £100 http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/
Cancerkin £300 http://www.cancerkin.org.uk/
SIS Project £250 http://www.sisproject.org
Help for Heroes £100 http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/
PSP Association £500 http://www.pspeur.org/
Team for Kids £500 http://www.nyrrf.org/get_involved/team_for_kids/
Myotubular Trust £250 http://www.myotubulartrust.com/
Birmingham Childrens Hospital £50 http://www.bch.org.uk/
Childrens University £2,100 http://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk/
Young Enterprise £2,100 http://www.young-enterprise.org.uk/
     
Total Money Pledged £89,678