Fundraising
September 5th, 2021
Whoosh was born as a fundraising venture: the reason we first cycled across Wales in 2003 was to raise money to build a new hall for St Saviour’s School. And in subsequent years we have continued to raise a lot of money for a range of good causes.
The question we get asked most often is ‘how much money has Whoosh raised?’ I wish there was a simple and reliable answer. That would be neat wouldn’t it, but the truth is that we were not totally systematic over the years in recording all our fundraising results. However, we've done our best to unearth, and bring together, all the information I can from old spreadsheets, e-mails, letters, and our legacy charity websites. The results are in the table below.
| Year | Ride/Route | Total raised | £ per rider | Charity share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Cardiff to Holyhead | £12,000 | £750 | St Saviour’s School £12,000 |
| 2004 | Derby to Berwick | £5,000 | £278 | Mind £5,000 |
| 2005 | Bristol to Land’s End | £6,749 | £324 | Kids Co £2,560; Christian Aid £1,787; StChristopher’s £1,344; Leukaemia Research £788 |
| 2006 | C2C2C | £13,409 | £706 | Learning for Life £8,855; Pulmonary Hypertension Assoc £3,153; Red Cross £760; Kids Co £641 |
| 2007 | London to York | £12,000 | £545 | Greenworks £9,000; Garden Africa £3,000 |
| 2008 | Glasgow to Inverness | £17,465 | £794 | SCF (Burma) £11,946, MT Clinic £2,199; MCP Orphanage £1,170; Greenworks £1,250; Magnet School £900 |
| 2009 | London to St Davids | £8,000 | £275 | Medical Aid for Palestine £3,500; Kinetica Blocko £1,500; St Saviour’s School £1,500; Greenworks £1,000; Oxfam £500 |
| 2010 | Bristol to Liverpool | £9,200 | £341 | Siblings United £6,700; Christian Aid (Haiti) £2,500 |
| 2011 | Edinburgh to Skipton | £18,000 | £600 | Latin Link for Broombush Nursery £18,000 |
| 2012 | Weymouth to London | £5,239 | £134 | Fine Cell Work £2,290; Afghan Aid £2,249 |
| 2013 | Knock to Belfast | £6,987 | £304 | Livity School £4,890; SCF (Syria) £2,097 |
| 2014 | Bridlington to Morecambe | £6,487 | £166 | Willing and Abel £3,938; Southside YLA £1,477;Book Aid £1,072 |
| 2015 | Fishguard to King’s Lynn | £9,335 | £275 | Wheels for Wellbeing £8,000; CODEP £1,335 |
| 2016 | Tralee to Killarny | £14,150 | £613 | International Alert £14,150 |
| 2017 | Deal to Brancaster | £13,520 | £288 | Citizen’s UK £11,020; St Saviour’s School £2,500 |
| 2018 | Lancaster to Ayr | £19,089 | £616 | St Mungo’s £15,089; Practical Action £4,000 |
| 2019 | Taunton to Cleethorpes | £14,133 | £428 | Redthread £10,578; Bees for Development £3,555 |
| 2020 | #stayathomeedition | £18,000 | £450 | Brixton and Norwood Foodbank £17,000Computers for Tulse Hill £400 |