JUSTGIVING
We're raising money for New Start, a charity funding the heart and lung transplantation programme at Wythenshawe Hospital, one of only five centres
in the UK, performing these life-saving procedures.
The reason is personal: our friend Ellis had cystic fibrosis, received his transplant there, and got something priceless in return - more life.
Suggested donation - 1p per mile!
You read that correctly, we are asking for just 1p per mile.
It sounds ridiculously small, but those pennies have a sneaky habit of adding up.
To make life easy, and to give you absolutely no excuse not to donate,
we've broken the journey down into stages, with suggested donation amounts
for each leg.
The Rally:
Namur > Freiburg > Menaggio > Monaco > Nice = 750 miles
This part carves a path through Belgium, across Germany, down through the Alps, along the shores of Lake Como, and into the absurdity of Monaco,
roughly 750 miles of increasingly spectacular scenery that we'll mostly be too stressed to appreciate.
The price of sponsoring this heroic, border-hopping, gear-crunching part of
the trip is just £7.50. Less than a gelato in Menaggio.
(Click 'Give Now' > Select 'One-Off' > Enter 7.50 > Click 'Continue')
Don't forget to tick the Gift Aid box. It costs you nothing, but increases the value of your donation by 25%, meaning every £7.50 becomes £9.37.
The Outbound:
Liverpool > Namur > Freiburg > Menaggio > Monaco > Nice = 1200 miles
By the time we roll into Monaco, we'll have survived the British motorway system, crossed the English Channel, navigated Belgium, cut through Germany, traversed the Alps, and cruised past Lake Como, having somehow convinced ourselves this 1,200-mile drive was a good idea.
It'll cost you just £12 to sponsor this part of the trip, about the price of a decent
Full English, or less than an hour's parking in Monaco.
(Click 'Give Now' > Select 'One-Off' > Enter 12 > Click 'Continue')
Don't forget to tick the Gift Aid box. It costs you nothing, but increases the value of your donation by 25%, meaning every £12 becomes £15.
The Full Pull:
Liverpool > Namur > Freiburg > Menaggio > Monaco > Nice > Séte > San Sebastian > Bilbao > Portsmouth > Liverpool = 2200 miles
We're driving roughly 2,200 miles down motorways, across mountain passes, and through medieval city streets in England, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain.
All we ask is just £22 to sponsor this part of the trip. For the price of a round of drinks bought on Saturday that you'll have forgotten by Sunday, you can know you've done your bit for an absolutely brilliant cause.
(Click 'Give Now' > Select 'One-Off' > Enter 22 > Click 'Continue')
Don't forget to tick the Gift Aid box. It costs you nothing, but increases the value of your donation by 25%, meaning every £22 becomes £27.50.
Any Donation:
Of course, if you'd like to donate a different amount, please don't let our suggestions hold you back. Every single contribution is warmly welcomed
and very much appreciated.
Whether it's a few pennies or a few hundred pounds, it all adds up.
Every donation goes directly towards making a real, life-changing difference.
No amount is too small to matter, and no level of generosity goes unnoticed.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for any and all donations.
It means the absolute world to us.
Team Ellis: Robbie, Lisa, Richie, Rachel, Carl & Matt.