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18th May 7131 miles run £200,936 raised

December 2007. Made a trip up to Eastgate at the weekend to attend the annual awards ceremony of the Weardale & District Motor Club. They hold a series of motorbike trials in Weardale and one of the trials is for charity. They raised £450 for the appeal. A photo of the presentation is below.

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Some more donations made on behalf of Gloria Townsend, this time by Pam Osborne. Also received further donations from long standing supporters of the appeal, Mrs Elizabeth Watson and Frances Fraser. They have been wonderful over the past years.

November 2007: Great donations continue to come in. I was invited to the Darlington Flower Club annual show held in the Darlington Civic Theatre. The theatre was full of enthusiastic flower arrangers watching a great performance by a professional demonstrator. Afterwards I was invited to receive an amazing donation of £1000. It was a bit daunting standing on the stage in front of a huge audience but well worth it. Thank you all. Another bunch of lovely ladies from the Hurworth flower club also sent in a donation of £100. Then the Newton Aycliffe Inner Wheel have sent in a further £160 raised in a joint car rally with the Newton Aycliffe Rotary club and further funds raised by the Inner Wheel President Margaret Dent selling hand decorated boxes. These ladies have been so wonderfully supportive all these years. Then a lovely surprise to receive a huge donation of £400 from Ella Linsley who celebrated her 90th birthday. Many happy returns and many thanks. Then there was a presentation of a cheque for £1665 from Adrian Crowe and friends who completed a sponsored coast to coast cycle ride. Most of the men work for GSK but were given logisitc help from Graves and Ramsey the decorators. Thanks to all of you.

October has gotten off to a fine start with a magnificent donation of £2160 from the Barnard Castle Golf Club, which was added to by a £750 matched funding donation from Barclays Bank. Thanks also to the Churches Together in Weardale who sent in a wonderful donation of £108.

September  was Gloria Townsend's 80th birthday and friends have been sending in donations in lieu of presents. She must be a very special person, at least Jean Soakell and Ray Turner think so. So do Mrs J thornton, Mrs J Burtt,  Joyce & Susan Greenacre and  Mr & Mrs Feasby 

Thanks again to Joan Elliott and friends for their magnificent £100. They raised as much last year.  Bryan Whiley who runs a Taekwondo club sent in £62.50. Thanks also to  K Bourne  and G Mawson for their donations as well as the congregation of  St Mark's Church Eldon for their £45 and Stanhope WI whose recent speaker asked for their fee to be donated to the appeal, £20. 

Other donors this month include the Woodhouse Close Church Friends in Fellowship group with £120, another fabulous donation of £200 from the Cotherstone Fun Weekend group. Thanks also to the Iceton family for their donation and of course many thanks to all those who donated towards the Stars in Their Eyes night.

August 07 The Whickham Rotary club,

July 07  The Lister family who have been wonderful fund raisers, Mrs Dyson,  Stanhope Women's Institute, the Martin Family who have already sent in several donations from the Great North Walk,  Barnard Castle Golf Club ,Mrs Crone, Mrs Dykes, Mr Shaw again , Mrs Ridpath

June 07 The children of the Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club decided to hold a fund-raising swimathon, and wanted the money to support local children. They presented a cheque (photo to follow) for £1250. An amazing achievement. Mr Peter Elliot, a blind runner from Barnard Castle once again entered into a local 10km run and raised lots of money, sending another £200 towards the childrens diabetes fund. What an amazing man. Mr John Shaw sent in another donaton, collected on his restored bus. Thanks also to Ella Meadon who live a long way away, but heard about the charity from her Grandmother so decided to raise some money. Steve and Trish Martin have been fund raising in Bahrain, a bit hotter to run there! They sent in a very generous donation as did Mrs A Lowes. Sadly she lost her husband recently but was still so thoughtful that donations were asked for the fund. The  RAOB 3572 Barnard Castle lodge, sent in yet another donation from a fund raising event. Janet Charlton raised lots of money selling knitted dolls and other items from the children's outpatients. There were also donations from  Pauline Jenkins and Mrs E Watson who has supported the charity many times already. After a talk given to the Bishop Auckland branch of  Diabetes UK a cheque as presented to the fund. We were also very lucky to recieve yet another very generous donation from the Luckett family. Thank you all so very much.

May 07    A special thank you to Mr Raymond Ayre who asked who sent in over £400 from his 60th Birthday celebrations in Frosterley. Apparently a great time was had by all. Congratulations and many happy returns

Another very big thank you to Rebecca Robinson, her family and friends, who brought in over £787 raised in a variety of ways, including coffee mornings. Rebecca is a star fundraiser. Thank you.

Thanks also to Melanie Fordham who nominated the fund as a retirement collection. Melanie had also given a lot of support to the insulin pump appeal, so thank you very much and best wishes on your retirement.

A huge thank you to the Mayor of Ferryhill who presented a cheque for £1000 as part of his charity appeal during his year in office. Thank you again.

April 07  Many thanks to all those giving donations this month.

The North East Diabetes Support Group sent in a brilliant £300. Brian and Eva Mc Main once again made a very generous donation, as did the Crook Inner Wheel who presented a cheque for £50. Many thanks also to the Craig family for their donation.

Mr and Mrs Copeland were so generous, asking for donations on the occasion of their Golden Wedding Anniversary and sent in over £400.

March. Many thanks to Jack Jenkins and his family for their donation. A Mr Turner approached me in a local car park and handed over £20 which he'd raised by selling golf balls he'd found on his walks. Thank you very much!

Sheryl Stephenson brought in £300 today, money she raised by doing the Great North Run last year. That's an amazing thing for her to do. Many thanks also to Bethany Stapleton for raising money from selling cards and other efforts. Thanks to you both, Well done!

The Rotary Club of Bishop Auckland have once again come up trumps! They have presented another cheque for £1000. That is over £11,000 altogether and 4 insulin pumps. They have been the most consisten of fundraisers, so an especially big thanks to them all.

February A presentation was held at the Fire and Rescue HQ at Framwellgate Moor on Friday. Once again the charity was fortunate to receive a donation from the Police, Fire and Rescue bonfire charity fund. Another £500, thank you to all who worked so hard to raise the money, especially Sheila Race who applied for the donation. 

A Margaret Weatherall sent in a very generous donation. Diabetes had left its mark on her family. The Hamsterley Players donated an incredible £400 from the proceeds of their performance of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Finally Mrs. Ellen Shields brought in £148 (including donations from Miss Lewis, Patricia Black and Mrs Hanmer). Many thanks to all of you.

Darren Pearson of the Cottles Pub (on the right) and Arthur (on the left)  handed over a cheque for £1,000 following a 'Stars in their eyes' night held at the Willington Working Men's Club. 

A very big thank you also to Mrs E Watson for yet another extremely generous donation in memory of her late husband.

Thanks also to Ronald Hogarth and his family who invited me to attend Ronald's 65th birthday celebrations at the Town Hall of St John's Chapel in Weardale. They asked for donations instead of presents. How amazingly generous.

Feb 26th. Mrs Graham brought in 2 cheques this afternoon. The first for over £50 was from a collecting tin on the counter of Waltons Butchers in Willington, and the second for over £2000 was from her mother, Joyce Walton, who has already raised thousands of pounds for the appeal already. This time the money was collected from a Christmas Fayre, selling Christmas Hampers and selling lavender neck warming sachets. How amazing is that! Also a big thanks to all at Consett Community and Sports College for their generous donation.

January 2007 An amazing donation of £331 from the staff and patients at the Auckland Medical Group in Bishop Auckland. The money was raised by paying a donation instead of sending Christmas cards. That now brings the total raised to over £150,000. How wonderful of so many people to be so generous, hard-working and dedicated. Thank you.

More January donations from Joyce Walton who sent in £100 from a collecting tin on the counter of W Waltons, butchers of Willington. Also an incredible £200 from Alice Heslop on the occasion of her 80th birthday. Many happy returns! Mrs Briggs from the Criminal Justice Unit, at Newton Aycliffe Police Office  sent in £86 from donations in lieu of Christmas cards.  Thank you all very much.

Rebecca Robinson, family and friends have sent in another amazing donation of £700, raised in all sorts of ways. They have been wonderful supporters of the appeal from the very beginning, thank you.

29-1-7 Mr Tom Dixon has come up trumps again with another donation, money collected from the Toft Hill doctors surgery and from a Maltese Diplomat. Thanks also to the Barnard Castle R.A.O.B. for a donation of £50. A very big thanks to Gillian Hill for her sponsorship money of £250 for a parachute jump. Brave and generous.

22-1-7 A lot of donations today. Peases West primary school sent in £49.50 from donations instead of sending Christmas cards, as was a donation of £45 from the Ward 1 Critical Care unit at Bishop Auckland Hospital. BAGH. The St Michaels of Heighington Church, Ladies Working Party sent in £205. This was a share of the proceeds from their Christmas Fair. Thank you all very much.

December 2006 Tonight (10-12-6) attended a quiz night arranged by the Black Lion Jolly Girls, and received a cheque for £500, bringing their total donated to over £1200. Many thanks to all the people who worked so hard raising money. Another two fabulous donations today from Mr and Mrs Ranson £200 and Wolsingham Agricultural Society Ladies Supporters Committee £255. Mrs Ranson raised the money by selling quilts and other items at craft fairs around the region.

The end of the year and more donations. A fantastic £250 from Teesdale School, The Free Riders collected money during their Christmas Toy run. They delivered presents to children at Bishop Auckland and Darlington hospitals and collected money at the same time, another £350. Thanks also to Mr & Mrs Milner for their donation and a big thanks to Karen Patton for organising a name the doll competition for more funds. Almost £150,00 raised to date.

November 2006. The indefatigable Mr Tom Dixon organised a musical evening with auction and raffle at the Helme Park Hotel last week. He and his family have been magnificent fund-raisers. So far £913 has been raised with more to come. Many thanks also to the Musicians who entertained all that night, including ATB. Thanks also to Cummins engines for a donation of £100. The total so far now stands at £140,000 raised, although most of that has of course been paid out for insulin pumps.

15-11-6 Today went to the 3M factory in Newton Aycliffe to meet the group of fund-raising cyclists. Last year they raised over £3000, this year the total came to over £4000. They cycled to Carlisle and then along the route of Hadrians Wall to Newcastle. That means another youngster can get a pump. Thanks guys, photo below courtesy of Bevis Waddington

More wonderful donations in November. Thomas Iceton and his family brought in a cheque for over £1000, raised from a coffee evening at their home. What an amazing thing to do.

Also my grateful thanks to Millie Bradley who instead of having presents for her christening celebrations asked for donations instead and raised almost £500.

Mr Tom Dixon brought in another £100 , bringing the total raised at the music night to over £1000, and tonight 27-11-06 I attended the annual meeting of the Shildon & District FLower Club where they had raised another £500 for the appeal. The fund now stands at over £147,000 raised.

Tonight had a great donation of £700 from the Bishop Auckland Rotary Club. Altogether they have raised over £10,000 and enough to buy 4 insulin pumps. Thank you so much.

October Many thanks to the Robinson family for sponsoring me for The Great North Run, also thanks to Stefa McManners and Lyn Reilly for sponsorship. My thanks and condolences to Mrs Jean Campion who sent on money donated in memory of her husband Ron. More thanks and condolences to Mrs Snaith who sent in money in memory of Doris Kent. All these generous people have brought the total to over £135000. The Wolsingham Black Lion Jolly Girls raised £400 from a fund raising coffee morning, and Barclays Bank matched fundraising scheme brought in another £351, bringing the total to over £137,000. Thanks ladies for a brilliant effort. 

So many donations this past couple of weeks. £220 from the NWL Derwent Reservoir and Tunstall Fly Fishers fishing competition. More donations from Mrs Joyce Walton and the Cottles pub in Willington, £350. Brian and Eva McMain have sent in yet another donation as did Jill Kisler, money raised at the Great North Run. Mrs Joyce Guy sent in money donated at her Golden wedding celebration, congratulations. George Wimpey sent in a donation at the behest of Mr Tom Dixon whilst Linda and Barry Crawford of Barrow in Furness sent in £500 for money donated instead of birthday presents. The Stanhope Choral Society donated the proceeds from their annual concert, £300 whilst the Barnard Castle Scottish Dancing Group sent in the proceeds of a raffle held at their annual dance, another £80. Finally condolences to Mrs Dufton who asked for money to be donated instead of flowers in memory of her husband John. The amazing Newton Aycliffe Inner WHeel Club have sent in another donation of £500.

So many wonderful and generous people, thank you as the total donated is now over £139,000

Congratulations to Rachel Gibson who not only completed the Great North Run but also raised £820 in sponsorship money. That's amazing. Many thanks also to Rachels Sister and Brother in Law who asked for money instead of presents at the christening of their beautiful son. That is just so generous and thoughtful.

September For some reason all the postings about fundraising for this month have gone astray! So many thanks to St Thomas church, also to the Methodist ladies Bright Hours group. Thanks also to the puils of class 6 at St Annes School in Bishop Auckland

30th August A magnificent donation from the Bishop Auckland and Spennymoor Round Table of £1000. Also a very big thanks to Tom Dixon for yet another fundraising effort and another £200, and another very big thanks to Mr Shaw who brought in £34 from giving rides on his vintage bus. Thank you all very much

23rd August Been away for a couple of weeks so not a lot to report. Many thanks to Mrs Vickers, the Gibson family and to Mrs E Nixon. Mrs Nixon sent in money raised from a domino drive held at the masonic hall in Middleton Teesdale. I also received £100 for a lecture given about pumps so that goes into the fund too. Many many thanks to all.

2nd August Lots of donations to report. Mr Tom Shaw who drives an old style double decker bus regularly sends in donations from passengers, including another £50 today. Then the Cotherstone Village Fun Weekend sent in £255 together with another £255 from the Barclays Bank matched charity funding scheme. Another cheque was sent in on behalf of Mr and Mrs Bowes Diamond wedding anniversary. The Bishop Auckland Scout Group raised £110 from their St Georges Day Church Parade. Finally the money raised by the Barningham village was supplemented by another £268 by the refunding of Gift Aid. All in all a wonderful supplement to the charity funds, very welcome as so many children are wanting to start. Thank you all so much

24th July My grateful thanks to Miss Margaret Boon who brought in a donation in memory of her son who sadly died recently. Thanks also to Catherine, Steve and Trish Martin for their generous donation.

16th July Again a whole series of donations to report. A donation from Bishop Auckland Methodist Church, thank you. Then a very large cheque from Denise Thompson on behalf of the Diamond Wedding celebration of Dennis and Isobel Bowe. Thank you.

Also Woodhouse Close Church Friend in Fellowship  group who raised £150 at a charity musical night. Then another £200 from the amazing Peter Elliot from Barnard Castle, a blind runner. Finally a donation from E Vickers. Many thanks to all.

1st July So much to report. At the Inner Wheel Club of Barnard Castle birthday celebration, the President Julie handed over a cheque for £220 and at the same celebration the Inner Wheel Club of Newton Aycliffe presented a cheque for another £150 and a few days later Bishop Auckland Inner Wheel sent in a cheque for £50. Thanks to all the wonderful ladies for their fundraising and support.

Then a lovely letter from Julie Dodds who asked for donations instead of birthday presents and sent a cheque for £210 and another cheque from J Lauder, a friend added to that total. The Ferryhill & Sedgefield flower club sent in a donation of £200. Mrs Watson made a further donation on the anniversary of the sad death of her husband.

Then Alicia Graham brought a cheque of £669.80 to the hospital. It was money raised by a sponsored walk from St James Park, Newcastle to Willington by Sharon Goldsbrough who works at Riley's Fish and Chip Shop in Willington.

That brings the total to over £130,000. Thank you all so much.

20th June Many thanks to the Woodhouse Close Church Friends in Fellowship who sent in a cheque for £150, raised at a recent Musical Charity Night.

19th June Kate Curtis, president of the Crook Inner Wheel phoned to say that they have raised £1000 for the appeal. Thank you to all the ladies who helped with the fund raising. Hopefully a photo to follow. Also another letter from Dr Jill Kisler who ran her second marathon this year in Edinburgh and sent in a further £55. Thanks Jill.

15th June 06 A great night tonight! The pupils of St Chad's School, Witton Park and St Wilfed's School, Bishop Auckland had a sponsored football match, organised by Tom Kelly. They came to the hospital tonight and presented a cheque for £720 and a total of £745 altogether. 

12th June Many thanks to the James and the Newton family for their continued support and another £25. Also many thanks to Judith York for her donation of £20. Many thanks olso to Paul Musgrave. He ran the London Marathon and presented a cheque for £550 today. Thank you very much!

24th May Craig Robson from Darlington Rotaract brought in a cheque for over £250 today, thank you, and Wolsingham Primary School sent in another wonderful donation of £116.19. The total stands at over 126,000 now.

23rd May Many thanks to Mrs Edith Edmundson and family for their very secial donation of £225. Also thanks to the Frosterley W.I. for the £56.50 they raised from a charity coffee morning. Thank you all.

10-5-6 The Weardale Flower Club sent in a lovely donation of £250. Thank you.

3-5-6 The Inner Wheel of Newton Aycliffe delivered a very generous donation of £300 today. Thank you. Together the Rotary clubs, Inner Wheels and Rotaract have been amongst the most consistent and generous supporters of the appeal. 

19-4-6 More fund raising from Willington. £584.50 was brought in, further money from an amazing group of people. Darren Pearson and Sharon Riley organised a 'Stars in their eyes' night, as well as a blind auction at the Cottles pub in Willington. Joyce Walton had been selling Christmas and Easter hampers, and William Walton had kept a charity box in his butcher's shop. That's over £2000 raised in total. Than you very much. I attach a little photo of the presentation.

3-4-6 A wonderful day. Tom Dixon organised a fashion show earlier this week and today brought in almost £1200. Dr Hackett from Stanhope raffled a bike and sent in £243. Jill Kisler, a doctor who used to work in Bishop Auckland, raised £125 in sponsorship for running the Barcelona Marathon, I'm jealous! Finally Elliot's Garage of Tindale Crescent sent in £50. Thank you all so very much!

18-3-6 A splendid donation from the Shildon Railway Institute OTMS dance club for £100 and a family donation from the Spence's. Thank you.

11-3 6 Barnard Castle Rotary Club presented a cheque for £324 this week, another very fine donation from them. Photographs Also a cheque for £200 from the wonderfully named Wolsingam Music Makers, thank you. Another very welcome donation from the Thomson family. Thanks to all concerned.

26-2-6 A delayed response but thanks to all at St Cuthbert's crèche of Middleton St George for a splendid donation of £323. It is a little sad that the money comes with the closing down of the crèche after many years. 

10-2-6 Mr and Mrs Race along with Jack came to present a cheque for £200 from the combined Durham Police and Rescue Bonfire night charity night. That's the second time the charity has benefited, thanks to all concerned. Also today four of the 3M cyclists came to present their cheque for an absolutely incredible £3432 Photographs. This past couple of weeks have seen over £5000 donated. What an incredible group of people you all are.

8-2-6 Another amazing series of donations. Mrs. Audrey Dodds asked for donations instead of birthday presents for her 70th birthday. I hope she had a wonderful birthday because she obviously is very much loved and sent in almost £700, thank you. Thanks also to Mrs. Colling for her donation of £200, and finally a big thanks to the Smiley Club of Woodhouse 

 Close Church after school club. They raised over £85 at a Halloween disco. 

4-2-6 Almost £1000 of donations in the past week. A donor who wanted to remain anonymous sent in £500, thank you so much for giving enough details so that gift aid could be claimed for as that increases the donation by 20%. Thanks to the Play Pals Toddler Group who shared out money between many worthwhile causes but also sent in over £100. Many thanks also to the staff, pupils and parents associated with the Oaks school in Spennymoor who made a donation of £200. Also a very big thank you to Elaine Smith who raised a lot of money through the Great North Run and again shared out the money including a wonderful £138 towards insulin pumps. 

25-1-6 Thank you to Bethany who is only 10 years old. She had a sponsored spell, got all thirty of her spellings right and raised £140. That is just wonderful.

20-1-6 The Graham family, relatives and friends have been collecting money in a variety of ways. A collection was held at the Cottles pub in Willington. Hampers sold and collections were made at Walton's Butchers. In all over £600 was raised and there are plans for more. Thank you all very much

18-1-6 It just gets better! Paul Richardson has just emailed to say that the 3M bike ride last year, has finally raised a total of £3,432, fantastic. Also more money has been brought in in memory of Rebecca. 

15-1-6 A lot more donations. Many thanks to the Inner Wheel of Barnard Castle for sending in £600, then more big donations from Fishburn Primary School. 

They had raised money from a raffle at the Christmas concert. Thanks also for a donation from St Joseph's Coundon. They collected money from a balloon race. Thanks also from Mr and Mrs Graham.

People are being so generous. Many thanks to Mr and Mrs Boon and all who donated money in memory of Margaret Slater, also many thanks Mrs Edwards who brought in money doanted in memory of her father Clifford Crewe. Many thanks also to Mrs Sutton and last but not least, a big thank you to Kate Hewitson and Samantha Bunkel who raised money by singing Christmas Carols.

8-1-6 Lots of donatations to report. Thank you to the Hallgarth Surgery. Also a very big thank you to the secretaries from the pathology department at UHND for their donation. Thanks also to Mr and Mrs Farmer, along with Mr & Mrs Pallister. Another thank you to Mr and Mrs Wright who sent in money in remembrance of a very special young person, Rebecca..

30-12-5 A very big thank you to Hannah. Along with her family she walked Hadrians Wall, all 84 miles of it and managed to raise a total of £1125. That is phenomenal and a great way to end the year. Thank you.

23-12-5 Thanks to all at St Joseph's School, Coundon. The children and staff raised money with a balloon race.

20-12-5 Mr and Mrs Baxter, who had previously sent in a very large donation in celebration of their wedding anniversary have made another large donation. Thank you. The staff and customers of William Hill Bookmakers in Willington held a Christmas raffle and sent in a donation of £300. Thank you all very much.

9-12-5 The Weardale Nursing and Relief Sickness Fund have given an amazing £1250 towards the fund, whilst Cotherstone Primary School have also sent in a wonderful donation of £100. Thank you all.

12-12-5 Lots of donations to report. Tom Dixon held an auction night at Witton Park community centre and raised a total of £1400 from tickets, auction and donations. Thank you very much. Also a big thank you to the children of Cockton Hill Infant School Photographs who collected £100 from their harvest festival and presented the cheque today. Thanks also to Mrs Heaviside who sent a donation in lieu of Christmas presents and Mr and Mrs Hunter who sent in a donation instead of Christmas Cards.

27-11-5 A cheque for £2000 was presented at Barningham Parish Church today at their Christingle Service. Thanks to all those who helped raise money by walking the Teesdale Walk and all who sponsored them. What an amazing achievement for such a small village.

24-11-5 Thanks to the people of Evenwood and especially to Peter and Judith. Over £1000 raised tonight. Many thanks to Peter's Grandad for his personal donation.

12-11-5 Not many reports, but donations are still coming in. Thank you very much to the staff and pupils of St John's Chapel primary school, who raised money by dressing up as their favourite pirates. The residents of Weardale must have been walking lots of planks!

24-10-5 Whilst it has been impossible to keep the web site updated there have been some marvellous donations. Rachel and Darren Gibson raised over £1100 from sponsorship of the Great North Run. Alicia Graham and her family had a fayre at Willington and so far have raised over £1600. The Glaxo Staff Charity and Community Fund sent in a cheque for £500 as did Lesley Davy. The total is now over £100,000 and it means that the next 10 children can get a pump without any concern at all. It will also allow us to purchase a very special blood glucose monitor that will allow the children on pumps to get even better control of their diabetes. Thank you all so very much.

11-10-5 Lots to report. Tonight at Cotherstone village hall the money raised from the Cotherstone fun weekend was distributed to a variety of local charities, especially around the village but also to the Air Ambulance appeal and to the insulin pump appeal. Thank you. Hopefully a picture will appear later.

Then several donations have arrived so thank you to:

Janet Embleton and Partner of the  Hetherick Caravan Park

The Women's Own Group, Crook Methodist Church and another from the Crook Methodist church.

Another very generous donation from the Luckett family.

27-9-5 The Ash Tree regulars from Spennymoor raised another £1310 in total. Such amazing responses! Many thanks also to the staff of Hathaway Roofing who donated a share of their profit scheme to the appeal, a fantastic £250. Grateful thanks to the Capenter family for their kind donation.

22-9-5 At a presentation in Spennymoor tonight, the Darlington Rotaract presented a cheque for £1000. There are only 8 of them but they raised £500 in the annual Spennymoor Swimathon, and the president Beverley raised another £500 at a music history night. Thank you as that brings the total to £94,000 Photographs.

21-9-5 A very big thank you to the Go Country Club of Barnard Castle for their donation of £300.

18-9-5 Grateful thanks to Mrs E Watson, family and friends for their very thoughtul donation at this sad time for them all.

6-9-5 One amazing day! The people of Weardale over the past few months, and in a variety of ways have together raised a total of £7580. Northern Echo Also today a young girl from Weardale started on her pump. Photographs Such a community spirit! Thanks to all the dozens of people who have worked so hard.

Thanks also to Sally for her very generous donation. Hope to see you at the Great North Run!

9-9-5 Mr and Mrs McMain presented a cheque for £818,money raised in celebration of their golden wedding anniversary Photographs. Another gentleman gave a donation of £900. Such an amazing day. Thank you all.

6-9-5 Thanks again to the lady golfers of Crook. Another donation received today.

1-9-5 Rebecca who has raised lots and lots for the appeal brought in another cheque for £100 today. She and her granny held a tombola. Thank you also to James and his family. They save all their 1, 2 and 5p's and bring in the accumulated funds at regular intervals. Thank you all.

30-8-5 Thank you to Margaret and Lorna Craig for raising over £250 by a Tombola.

25-8-5 A wonderful donation of £1000 from the Byerley Lodge of Freemasons. A photo of the presentation was taken. Photographs

23-8-5 Over the past couple of weeks a lot of donations have arrived. Perry Process Equipment Ltd, Bishop Auckland Methodist Church, Mrs Barbara Steele, Richard Maw and Mrs Bibby, who between them sent in almost £800. Many thanks to all.

2-8-5 A wonderful donation from Mr and Mrs Baxter who celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary recently and sent in a very generous donation. Thank you

30-7-5 Many thanks to Maureen Snowball who held a Strawberry and Cream event at her home and raised a phenomenal £170. Thanks also to Rachel Hodgson who raised over £100 from sponsorship of the Great North Walk

18-7-5 Many thanks to Mrs Latcham who passed on money given for her 50th birthday. Thank you so much for your generosity.

13-7-5 Eileen Mawson brought in the total of £1,540 as money raised by the open garden at Mine House. Together with another donation of £200 the total now stands at over £80,000. Thanks to all who worked so hard organising the event and collecting the money.

4-7-5 Another great day. First of all donations from Hathaway roofing and T. Manners & Sons. Then a personal donation, and another £200 raised by Mr Peter Elliott. Peter runs the Barnard Castle 5K run every year and raises lots and lots of money for charity. Thanks to all of you

3-7-5 A busy weekend. The Barningham Parish had a village fete in preparation for their major fund-raising later in the year. At the fete some of the ladies from the Staindrop 'Shape and Tone' group  presented another cheque for £500 Photographs. They have raised £1000 between them. Thank you ladies. Then today after the Stanhope half marathon run in the company of the Weardale whippets cheques to the total of £1020 raised from a sponsored walk the previous weekend were presented by Richard Maw, Photographs on behalf of Mr & Mrs Lister, Mrs Foster and other fund-raisers . Thank you. The sponsors of the event, Penrith Co-op gave another presentation Photographs Thanks to all.

28-6-5 Several donations today. A collection from Whitworth House School, money from another collection, and a donation from Electrolux came to over £1,000. Thank you to everybody who contributed. 

Also the Rotary club of Bishop Auckland presented a cheque for £5,000 tonight. Such 

15-6-5  A donation for over £200 arrived today.

14-6-5 Lots to report today although have been late to acknowledge people, sorry. First many thanks to Mr Duncan Robertson who donated his lecture fee to the appeal. Then another big thanks to the Newton Aycliffe Methodist Church for holding a collection for the appeal. Then a lovely letter from Durham County Council. Two employees were given awards for dedicated service and asked for the money to be passed on to the appeal. Thank you Beverley and David.

25-5-5 Two anonymous donations today. Thank you

17-5-5 Eileen Mawson sent in a cheque for £400 today. She had raised all the money by taking a collecting tin to a local supermarket. She gave up hours and hours of her spare time to do this. What an amazing person.

12th May Such a wonderful surprise today. A very special young lady called Rebecca had organised a fund raising coffee morning with lots of activities, helped by her family. Altogether they raised £800. Thank you so very much.

11th May  A further donation from Dr Ward from his marathon, thank you. Also many thanks to James for doing a sponsored walk from Ferryhill to Spennymoor and back. His Grandmother Mrs Collinson sent in a very generous cheque. Brilliant job.

17th April Many thanks to Mrs Herring for a donation in lieu of flowers.

15th April Dr Mark Ward raised over £400 by running the Connemarra Marathon, an amazing achievement whichever way you look at it. Thank you

2nd April Ms Anne Harrison brought in money raised in memory of her mother May who passed away in March this year. Together with collections from other friends and relatives specific donations were also made by Mrs Edna Longbottom, Mrs Barbara Browbank, Mrs Sue Richardson, Mr & Mrs Robert Jackson, Mrs Lily Furness and Mrs Cath Kaufman. £500 in total, grateful thanks to all concerned for their kindness and thoughtfulness. 

30th March 2005 Denis and Anne Sawyers brought in a donation of £450 today. They had asked for donations instead of presents for their Ruby Wedding Anniversary and half of the money raised they gave to Leukaemia research, the other half to the insulin pump appeal. Thank you very much!  Photographs

14th February An amazing day! Dr Bob McManners and two friends had a charity cycle ride from Glasgow and raised a fantastic £3000. That's another pump for a child. Thank you so much!

11th February Mr Longstaff and his sister Mrs Blenkinsopp brought a cheque for £500 today. Money in lieu of flowers at the funeral of their mother Edith who died suddenly. Photographs

3rd February A brilliant day for donations! Many thanks to the Barnard Castle Rotary Club for a wonderful £200 donation. Then thanks to all at Murphy Crescent School in Bishop Auckland who donated money instead of sending Christmas cards. Thanks very much to the families of Gillian Taylor and Thomas Grady for their personal donations and a special thanks to James Newton and his family for donating the money raised from their 1, 2 and 5 p jars.

31st January Gave a talk on children with diabetes and insulin pumps at the Neville Parade Methodist Church wives club. Thank you for the donation of £75 and for the lovely cup of tea.

25th January 2005 An amazing donation of £500 from the Staindrop Shape and Tone class. A weekly fitness class is held in Staindrop and instead of charging, money is raised for a local charity. Thank you

19th January The Crook Ladies Golf team have raised more money thank you.

17th January A lot of thank you's to report. Staff from Hewitts Solicitors donated money instead of Christmas cards, as did staff at Mr Lucketts workplace. We also had a great donation from sponsorship from the Great North Run by Mr and Mrs Findlay, over £100 and some individual donations as well from Lydia Peters and Kay Crawford. Thanks to all

14th December Dr Mark Ward made a very generous donation to the appeal this week. Thank you very much as that takes the total to over £63000.

8th December Mr Ian Wintrip a local Dentist asked for sponsors for the last Great North Run and so far has sent in over £300. Also a group of people from Staindrop who organise a 'Pick And Mix' sent in £50. Thanks to everybody.

29th November Tonight a cheque for £250 was handed over by the president of Spennymoor Rotary club. Many thanks to the members  and all those Rotary club members who have supported the charity so wonderfully over the past year. They have made a real difference. A photograph of the presentation can be found here Photographs

24th November. A very sad and moving occasion today. Councillor Gray, who sadly died recently was a member of one of the local PCT's acting as a non-executive member. I had known him for many years and he was a great supporter of patients and the health service. His widow Jo, who is also a councillor for Great Aycliffe, asked for donations for the children's diabetes trust fund to be made instead of flowers and presented the cheque for over £230 today. Thank you for your generosity at such a sad time.

16th November Lots more donations. First of all another £500 from the Ash Tree bringing the total to over £2000. Then Barclays Bank through their employer donation matching scheme have provided another £750. Then Toft Hill Primary School held a Denim for Diabetes day and raised £112.50. Thank you all very much

9th November The Nicol family had bid for a home cooked gourmet meal at the town hall auction in June. They arranged for extra guests but the cook Aileen Little waived the charges for a donation to be made. Thank you. Also thanks to Dr Nigel Cooper who asked for his lecturing fee from the North East Division of the British Institute of Embalmers to be donated to the fund. Finally a very big thank you to to St Mary's RC Church in Bishop Auckland.  They have a bottle to collect small change and donated the latest collection to the charity.

28th October The Robinson family have raised another fantastic amount of money. That comes to almost £500 altogether so far. Thank you very much.

21st October It just gets better! Dave Smith, a Farmer from Weardale raised money from the Great North Run, an amazing £460. The total raised now stands at over £60,000.  Time to arrange for more children to start on pumps.

20th October An amazing day for the charity. Bill Richardson brought in £1542 from the latest fund-raising night at the Ash Tree Pub in Spennymoor. There is more to come and the possibility of employee matched sponsorship which could see another £750. Another fabulous donation came courtesy of the English family who held a fund raising event at their church. That is enough money for another pump. Thanks to all who contributed to both events.

17th October The Johnson family hosted a jewelry event recently. From sales that night Mr and Mrs Bomanji have made a generous donation to the fund. Thanks to all concerned. Also a very special thank you to the lady who gave a donation of what she could afford and to the collector who passed it on. Little kindnesses like these are very touching. Thank you.

7th October Simon Melvin & Emma Clark raised £115 from sponsorship on the Great North Run. Another runner was Ian Wintrip who has forwarded on a donation from Straumann Ltd for another £100. Thank you all. Today a cheque for £2300 from the 2004 swimathon arrived. So another pump can be paid for. The swimathon was supported by the Rotary Clubs of Bishop Auckland, Newton Aycliffe, Sedgefield and Spennymoor, together with Darlington Rotaract and Bishop Auckland Lions

5th October Thank you very much to Rachel Carfoot who raised such a lot of money from a garage sale.

29th September A very warm thank you to Faye who raised well over £100 from sponsorship to walk 100 miles, the ton up challenge. Well done. A very big thank you again to the Cotherstone Fun Weekend Charity for their second donation of over £100.

24th September  Some great donations to catch up on. Christine Douthwaite raised a lot of money from sponsorship of the Great North Walk. The Woodhouse Close Methodist Women's bright hour have made another donation, and many thanks also to Elaine and her work colleagues. A collection for her leaving for another job was given to the charity.  Thanks to you all.

8th September A very big thank you to the Bewick Crescent Practice in Newton Aycliffe. They have sent in a very large cheque from money raised by a swimathon. Also many thanks to the Crook Lady Golfers for their donation. Thank you also to the members of Ferryhill Methodist Church for their donation.

2nd September A Quiet couple of weeks with everybody away on holidays. Today received two great donations, more from the Forrester's and a generous donation from the Swatton family. Thanks also to Barbara Laurie for her donation

18th August The Prison Service Charity Fund made a wonderful donation. The application was made by the Wright family so very many thanks. More wonderful news from the Rotary Club. The money raised by this year's Swimathon will pay for another pump.

12th August Mr Roy Swainston in celebration of his wife managed to raise over £1400 pounds to share between the NSPCC and the insulin pump appeal. Such generosity of spirit. Thank you very much.

23rd July 04 Some fabulous donations from St Chad's School in Witton Park and Barnard Castle School.

14th July 04 Thank you once again to the Dent family who have raised more money for the appeal. Also thanks to our neighbours in the street for their donation tonight.

12th July 04  The support from local schools is truly wonderful. Between them they have raised almost £2000 in a year. The latest schools to have raised money, mostly by dressing in denim or dressing up for the day are: Stanhope Barrington Cof E School, Cotherstone Primary School, Whitworth School, Ramshaw Primary School, Wearhead School and Witton-le-Wear School. Thank you all so very much. I hope they all had fun raising the money.

Another group of people who have given tremendous support are the local Methodist congregations with donations from the Methodist Homemakers and the Ladies Circle from Bishop Auckland. Thank you very much.

7th July 04 The retiring president of the Bishop Auckland Rotary Club handed over a cheque to pay for the next insulin pump to be given out next week. Thank you for such fabulous support. You are going to make a real difference to a young person's life.

29th June 04 A fabulous day! Many thanks to the Lister family who raised over £700 from organising a fete. Also thanks to Mr & Mrs Wilkes for their donation. Wolsingham Primary School raised over £200 through a Denim for Diabetes day and donated half to the insulin pump appeal while Blackfyne Comprehensive School raised £230. Altogether over £1000. Thanks to all of you

25th June 04 More school donations. The St John's CE (Aided) School in Shildon sent in over £130 and the Montalbo School at Barnard Castle almost £100. Many thanks to all the staff and children.

24th June 04 So many people to thank tonight. Children and staff from the North Park Primary School in Spennymoor who raised a magnificent £200, then many thanks to the congregation of the West Auckland Methodist Church who have sent in £100, and thank you Anne for you donation.

21st June 04 A confidential donation of £150 and another £90 raised by a Denim for diabetes day organised by the Bishop Barrington C of E School. Thank you.

11th June Was handed a very large cheque from a Mr and Mrs Chapman. Many thanks.

9th June 04 Was asked to visit a Mrs. Davies today who has not been very well. She had heard the radio broadcast and wanted to know a bit more about the insulin pump appeal. She then made a very generous donation, saying she wanted to give something back to the health service. Thank you very much.

6th June A gentleman stopped his car as I was walking to the hospital and gave a very generous donation. Thank you very much Mr. Nevin.

4th June Mrs Mary Bowron wrote such a nice letter as well as sending in a wonderful donation. Thankyou.

18th May Heerema Fabrication present £1,500

12th May Over £12,000 from the Mayor of Great Aycliffe's appeal. Thank you Malcolm Iveson. 

10th May Another brilliant day. The Lister family arranged a fundraising event and sent in £270. Jacquie Richardson and family  organised a 70's night raising another £140 with Mr Hammond donating another generous sum. Sir Richard Branson  made a very generous contribution. Finally children at the Ingleton Sunday school collected money over Lent and sent in £60. Thank you Freya, Matthew, Andrew, Betty, Christy, Dorothy, Tamara, Beth, Tilly and Laura. Our grateful thanks go out to all of you.

26th April Thank you to John and Joan Young for their donation

15th April. So much to celebrate!. Bill Richardson brought in £2130 raised last Easter Sunday in the Ash Tree Public House in Spennymoor. He tells me another £400 has been pledged by local business.

Mr John Shaw who raises money from his restored double decker bus has sent in another cheque for over £70. Thank you again.

8th April A fabulous few days! First many thanks to the Carfoot family for their donation. Then a very big thank you to Barclay's corporate sponsorship who matched an employee collection with £750. Then the Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit have sent in another large donation. Finally Mr. Richardson from the Ash Tree in Spennymoor has told me that prior to a fund raising event this Sunday he has already had donations and offers totaling £900. Altogether that brings the total of donations and pledges to over £38,000. 

3rd April The Townswomen's Guild of Bishop Auckland have sent in a very generous donation, Thank you.

26th March A very generous donation from A J & S Tucker was paid in to the main outpatient desk at Bishop Auckland Hospital. They didn't leave an address for acknowledgement but thank you very much.

Also many many thanks to the ladies of the Inner Wheel of Bishop Auckland for their generous donation.

Many thanks to  Mrs Davison for her donation. 

15th March Keith and Evelyn asked for donations rather than presents when they celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this February. They have sent the money in to the appeal. How generous and thoughtful of them. Thank you.

9th March Many thanks to Jenny for listening, calming the nerves and then giving a donation! Also a huge thanks to Jan for a great donation and a fabulous photo from the 70's. 

1st March Thank you so much Heather for your generous donation. Thanks also to Lafarge cement for their sponsorship. Also thanks to the families at the Newcastle diabetes clinic for their sponsorship

4th February Craig, Secretary of the Darlington Rotaract presented a cheque for £200 today. Thank you.

27th January A big thank you to Major Walker for his very generous donation.

22nd January Many thanks to the Wilson's for their fundraising efforts, taking the total pledged or donated to over £34,000.

14th January The Romaldkirk Woman's Institute made a fine donation, thank you.

9th January The New Wave Hair Salon in Bishop Auckland had a Christmas raffle and donated money raised, over £200 to the insulin pump appeal. Thank you.

31st December More extremely generous donations from Jean Lowe and Tony Luckett. Thanks also to Roy Swainston who drives a school bus in Teesdale. He told the children about the appeal so they all chipped in with donations. So thanks to Ann & Robin, Matthew, Richard, Jay, Rachael, Rebecca, Joanne, Adam, Eleanor, Suzie, Jo & Kate. Thanks also to my colleagues on the Children's Ward and from the Emergency Department at Bishop Auckland General Hospital for their donations.

11th December Another wonderful days news. GlaxoSmithKline's Corporate Contributions are going to donate £500 at the request of one of their employees. Many many thanks Gerry. The Robinson family have made another fabulous donation, as have the Newton family and the Chamber's family from Sunderland over £300 in total. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, proprietors of the Welcome Public House of Bishop Auckland have sent in £100 in lieu of posting Christmas cards. We now have over £31000 raised or pledged.

9th December An unbelievable few days of donating. Mr John Shaw who drives a restored double decker bus Photographs collected another £80 from driving a group of boy scouts. Mrs Shiela Race asked the Durham Police Fire Bonfire appeal for a donation and they agreed to give a fantastic £500! We are extremely grateful to the honorable Masons of Durham City who made a very generous donation. Many thanks to the Hayman family for their super donation. That brings the appeal total pledges to over £30,000.

3rd December Over £75 donated by staff in the pathology labs at Bishop Auckland Hospital. Thank you colleagues!

2nd December Many thanks to the Rotarians of Barnard Castle who made wonderful hosts and especial thanks to John Moor for his entertaining company who together with Tony Barmby, Bob Tarn, Hector Climpson, John Purkis and George Jameson made donations on the night.

A great big thank you to Gary Jeffrey and all the workers at the George Wimpey building site at Skelton for raising a fabulous £165.

14th November Thanks to Jo Poot who raised over £120 from doing the Great North Run

6th November  Over the past 3 days donations have come from the Gallacher family, Toby Dart and family, Kayleigh Stapleton and family and Brad Lascombe and family. A total of over £260. Thanks to all of you for your fabulous efforts.

3rd November Thank you very much to Keith Julie and Sam and all the people who helped with your fundraising from Vinovium house and building sites across the North East, almost £200 raised. Also a thank you to the physiotherapists and Occupational therapists from Darlington.

29th October. Thanks today to Andrew Moyle and his family and to the Mudd family for their fabulous fundraising.

28th October. Back from Dublin and another bunch of people to thank. James Davy and family, Jack Ellwood and his mum Ms Fairless, Jack's Dad and all the men from his workplace. More details to follow. Thanks also to Christopher Guy and his family. A very special thank you to all at Wolsingham Primary School especially the children in reception and nursery classes for raising so much money with their sponsored walk.

17th October So many people to thank. Christopher Metcalfe and his family raised £130. The Robinson Family Sent in almost £90. Thomas Richardson raised £114 from running the Great North Junior run. There were other donations from Corey Spence and the Swinburn family. Thanks also to Dean at Dtech for collecting sponsorship.

16th October Mr John Shaw from Byers Green has restored an old Double Decker Bus which he takes to various rallies and exhibitions. He has a collection point in the bus and has donated takings to the run 500 appeal. Thank you very much. There is a picture of Mr Shaw's bus in the Photographs  section

10th October Many thanks to the Faulkner Family for their wonderful support. Another thanks to Cotherstone School and the Iceton Family for their donations

3rd October The Northern Rock gave a cheque to match the money donated by the Kuiper family through their matched donation scheme. Also Mrs Davy brought in over £100 from money raised. Thank you all very much.

2nd October Donna McCarroll  brought in the £185 sponsorship money today that she and many members of her family raised . Thank you very much

26th Thanks to Alan and Marie Shoulder for their donation also Mrs Mary Winn, a friend of St Joseph's school in Coundon

24th September Such a wonderful phone call from a Mrs Campion in Spennymoor. She recently celebrated her Golden Wedding anniversary and together with her husband had decided to have charitable donations rather than presents. They have given half of all money raised to the insulin pump appeal and the rest to another very worthy cause. How generous and thoughtful of them. All our thanks.

23rd September Thanks today to Bob and Stefa McManners and Marie Anderson for their donations.

22nd September  Mrs Jean Lowes sent in a marvellous donation today and with gift aid it will be worth even more. Thank you very much, and also a very big thank you to Adam Mawson and his family for their donation today

20th September Bon voyage to Maureen Snowball and thank you for the donation

19th September A very special thank you to Louis, Sue and Andy Jackson for their donation today. I think of you every time I run past your house Louis

18th September Grateful thanks to the Women's Bright Hour group of Woodhouse Close Church for their lovely donation

16th September Mrs Christine Morton raised sponsorship money after reading about the appeal in the Echo. Thank you!

14th September Thanks Myra, a donation as well as the accomodation. Thanks also to Lisa.

11th September Thank you Melvyn for your donation this evening

9th September Today the Luckett family donated £100 (In fact because of gift aid it is over £128). Thank you and well done Amy.

7th September The Forrester family raised £100 from a tombola store. Brilliant!

3rd September Some special donations today. The Stainthorpe family raised £70, while Mrs Clark and Kayleigh raised another £40. Thanks also to Jim for the laugh and donation.

28th August Thanks to Anna Golightly for bringing in the £144 she managed to raise. Also to Christianne Tarn for a very special £48.50 and Lorna Craig for £70 brought in today. Another special donation from the Kuiper family in Newcastle of £100

20th August. Many thanks to the Methodist Ladies Group in Bishop Auckland for their donation received today. Another £50. 

14th August. The Barkas family have sent in £200 that they raised and Mr Treddenick collected £183.5 from his work colleagues at AMEC in Wallsend. Thanks to all of you.

6th August Many thanks to the Tulip family for their donation received today.

31st July Thank you Jennifer Tindale who raised £85 from completing the Junior Great North Walk, and for your lovely letter.

30th July A marvellous donation from Mrs M and Mr N McNeil from St Teresa's S.V.P, Darlington. Also a special thank you to my Dad who has donated his golf winnings from the over 70's trophy which he won recently (bandit!)

18-7-03 A very big thank you to Mrs. Margaret Smith who has managed to raise £100 and also to the Atkinson family from Coundon for their donation.

16-7-03 Many thanks to the Dent family for their hard work in raising a fantastic £60.

15-7-03 More individual donations from Elizabeth Eccleston, Jo Dalton, The Keenan and Kyte families, thank you.

14-7-03 Three individual donations today, one anonymous, one from Sacha,  and a promise of money raised from the Great North Walk by a Mrs. Smith, thanks to all of you.

9-7-03 Kevin Fisher and his family between them have donated an amazing £150, while the Hawkins family raised another £50

7-7-03 The Newton family have also collected  £120 so far.

6-7-03 Many thanks to the Gallaghers of Portadown for their support.

4-7-03 The Craig family in Weardale have collected over £150

3-7-03 Thanks to the Watson and Caris families in Newcastle for their donations. Both Mr Bunting and his son Richard abseiled down St John's Church in Shildon.  Mr Bunting reckons he raised £100! Well done. Pictures to be posted on this site soon.

2-7-03 Josephine Taylor collected £38 from her school.

30-6-03 The Buckle family have managed £250 sponsorship!

Mr Peter Elliot of Barnard Castle raised £200 on a 5km fun run. A fantastic achievement on its own but even more remarkable when you realise that he is visually impaired.

The Richardson's of Spennymoor have managed over £160 to date and have an auction planned for Sunday August 24th in the Ash Tree Pub in Spennymoor.

29-6-03 Helen and Julie Foster have raised over £122 so far.

18-6-03 The Forrester family have a stall in Bishop Auckland Market at the weekends and are hoping to run a tombola to raise money for pumps.

18-6-03 Jayne Miller is arranging fortnightly raffles to raise money and has already had a DVD player donated.

16-6-03 Mr David Bunting is going to have a sponsored abseil down a very high church steeple! Taking place this weekend at St John's Church, Shildon.

16-6-03 Mrs Elsie Hogan from Wheatley Hill has organised fundraising from a Mothers club and hopes to raise more money from the rabbit show in Darlington next week.