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What some of our fundraisers have done so far in 2008
Claire Lidstone – ran the Liverpool half marathon on Mother’s day and raised over £500 in memory of her son Jake. Read more »
Ten year old Eva Carroll cleared her bedroom and held a table top sale raising over £80. Read more »
Rob Smedley and his wife Lucy decided they wanted to mark their precious daughter Minnie's 1st birthday and organised a party in her honour. Held on 31st May 2008 Minnie's Party has become Sands biggest single fundraising event to date. Read more »
Sands patron Jo Cameron embarks on a challenge to run 17 10k races around the UK to raise an additional £20,000 for research in memory of her daughter Emmeline. Starting with the Great Manchester run on 18th May 2008 and ending Autumn 2009. Read more »
Flora London Marathon 2008
Sisters Mary Knight, Helen McGee and Suzanne Foll ran in the Great Ireland Run raising over £2,200 in memory of Helen's sons James Gerald and Michael William
Great Manchester Run 2008
Alisha's granddads John and Bernard remembered her 10th birthday and raised over £1,100 getting shorn.
British 10k, London 2008
Stuart McLeod showed just what a Winter Tough Guy he was by completing the "military assault course from hell". He raised nearly £5,000 in memory of his daughter Jessica and his son.
Alison Mattinson and her son Henry
Marcus Bowden completed the Great West Run in memory of his lovely daughter Bron and raised over £1,000.
Janet Warren
After running around the Queen's estate at Balmoral, Gordon Webb brought home nearly £900 in memory of his siblings.
Paul and Matthew Stansfield and their friends Gavin Shields, Matthew Marquis, Nathan Holden, Daniel McGinty, Jonny Russell and Danny Turner took to the banks of Loch Ness to complete the gruelling First Monster 120k Duathlon raising over £1,600. Read more »
Richard and Nicola Tranter - their coast to coast bike ride from Bristol to London raised nearly £6,000 for Adam's fund
Louise Charlton and Steve Twedell
Lee Rossiter abseiled from the Transporter Bridge in Newport and raised around £400 in memory of Lucas.
Kevin Ward
Karen Taylor with help from Julie, family, friends and all at Hope Technical Developments raised over £400 with a car boot and plant sale in memory of her daughter Frankie
Jeff Haselum
adidas Women's 5k Challenge
Big Fun Runs - Glasgow, Edinburgh, Derby, Cardiff & Milton Keynes
Great Eastern Run
Great Scottish Run
June Pendle celebrated her 70th birthday with a strawberry and champagne garden party raising £405 in lieu of gifts in memory of her grandson Jude Brady.
Bristol Half Marathon
The McKean family completed the Great Wee Scottish Walk at Glasgow Green and raised £150 in memory of Charlie.
Cardiff Half Marathon
Grant Curley ran the Marlow 5 Road Race raising over £300.
Run to to The Beat London Half Marathon
Isabelle Carswell held a garden open day with the help of her grandson William and raised £250.
Robin Hood Half Marathon and Fun Run
Great North Run
Great South Run
Santa 5k Fun Run - Greenwich Park
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Petition delivered to 10 Downing Street!
26.09.11
Earlier this year Grazia and Sands joined forces and launched the `Stop the stillbirth scandal...
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17 photo exhibition update
06.04.11
A final call for parents to submit photographs for the proposed 17 photo exhibition, and a special...
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