Swimathon 2014

This year the Swimathon foundation has linked in with Sport Relief and that is where the money raised by Swimathon 2014 will go

The good causes being supported by Sport Relief  in Cumbria include

* Age UK South Lakeland -

Age UK South Lakeland supports isolated older people in the local area. The initiative recruits volunteers to serve on Village Action Groups and develop community-led initiatives and campaigns to bring the community together and improve services and facilities for older residents.

* Forward Assist - About Turn

Many armed forces veterans can experience post-traumatic stress disorder after being discharged from active service. About Turn offers them the opportunity to become qualified angling coaches, reducing the chance of them becoming homeless or turning to drugs or alcohol.


Sport relief will be raising funds to help vulunerable people both in Britain and in many other countries of the world who are particularly in need of help, from elderly people to children, from helping people to find jobs or cope with disabilities to medicines and other means of protecting against deadly diseases.

This year I will be taking part in the Swimathon for the 21st consecutive year - I have completed the 5,000 metres challenge every year since 1994. I aim to swim 5,000 metres - 200 lenghths - of  Copeland Pool in Hensingham on 23rd March.

If you would like to take part in Swimathon 2014 or any other sport relief activity you can sign up online here.

If you would like to sponsor me for Swimathon 2014 you can do so at

http://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/chriswhiteside

My son John is also taking part in the swimathon, in his case for the second time: his sponsorship page is at

http://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/JohnWhiteside
 

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