Charities
30% of funds raised will be distributed to smaller charities and entrants can nominate a charity of their choice. Click here to Nominate a Charity.
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street Hospital is the UK’s leading children’s research hospital and one of the top four centres of excellence for paediatrics in the world. We have experts across a wide range of paediatric specialities and treat children who suffer with complex and life-threatening illnesses.
Patients are referred to the hospital from around the UK and abroad, often as their last hope for a successful outcome. Each year, the hospital responds to over 200,000 admissions and outpatient appointments for children ranging in age from premature babies to late teens.
Money raised by Tri for life will be distributed to the theatre for theatres appeal.
About the Theatres for Theatres appeal:
The neurosciences unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital is the largest paediatric neuroscience centre in the UK. The team provides specialist care for children with disabilities, brain tumours, epilepsy, craniofacial disorders, hydrocephalus (water on the brain) as well as children with brain or spinal injuries. Each year the neurosciences team treats over 8,000 children from across the world, carrying out 750 operations. The Theatres for Theatres Appeal is aiming to raise £4 million over three years towards the construction of two new state-of-the-art operating theatres at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The new operating theatres will replace the current cramped and outdated facilities and allow the team to treat more children with complex and often life-threatening neurological and craniofacial conditions.
www.gosh.org/theatres-for-theatres/
Leukaemia Research
Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research is the only UK charity solely dedicated to research into blood cancers, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. 2010 is our 50th anniversary and we’re looking to continue the great work that we’ve already started. Named after our bright yellow shirts, the Leukaemia Research Banana Army is about having fun whilst also doing something extremely positive to help people with blood cancers. It doesn’t matter if you are new to the events or an experienced athlete – everyone is welcome!
Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity
Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity exists to grant the wishes of terminally and seriously ill children between the ages of 3-18 who live in the United Kingdom.
We do this by:
- Granting these children’s wishes however impossible the wish may seem.
- Purchasing equipment such as electric wheelchairs or hoists to make their lives easier.
- Helping hospitals, hospices and specialist schools improve their facilities.
World Jewish Relief
World Jewish Relief is British Jewry’s main overseas humanitarian aid organisation. We work with communities throughout the world, Jewish and non-Jewish, assisting them across a number of areas, including:
- Welfare assistance to those in need, providing food, medical support and home care, especially to the elderly,
children and other specifically disadvantaged groups - Sustainable community development initiatives to ensure the long term viability of vulnerable communities
- Humanitarian disaster relief, supporting affected communities in their immediate needs and longer term recovery
Partners
2XU
The Official Triathlon Partner for Tri for Life have once again come onboard to help provide wetsuits. 2XU will be renting out wetsuits on the day for a charge of £35 (of which a generous portion is given to charity). All you need to do is to email Mike: mikemartin@triathlonconsultants.com with your height and weight so that he can reserve a suit for you. He will meet you the morning of the event where he will help you to get in your wetsuit and provide tips of how to perform to your best. Wetsuits are on a first come first served basis so please contact him as soon as your place is confirmed. The lake is colder than a swimming pool so a wetsuit is recommended. Many people last year also took advantage of practising their open water swimming at liquid leisure in Datchet (www.openwaterswim.co.uk). Swimming open water and in a wetsuit is very different to swimming in a pool. Other recommended equipment includes a swim cap, number belt, tri suit all of which can be found on their website.
Dallaglio Foundation/
Cancer Research UK
Given that Lawrence Dallaglio’s mother, Eileen, died of cancer, Lawrence has chosen to support Cancer Research UK as one of the major charity beneficiaries of his newly founded Dallaglio Foundation. Cancer Research UK fund pioneering research into the causes, prevention and treatment of this terrible disease.
The Foundation will specifically fund the Clinical Fellows Programme at new Cancer Research UK Centres of Excellence, which will ensure that scientific breakthroughs will quickly translate to new, state-of-the-art treatments, making a real difference to the lives of people living with cancer, both now, and in the future.
Emily Ash Trust
The purpose of the Trust is to help improve the lives of children who are suffering from cancer. This is not solely isolated to helping the children directly, but also in improving the lifestyle of the family unit or guardians who are supporting a child.
Human Race
Once again, Tri for life has teamed up with Human Race, the pre-eminent triathlon event organisers, to handle all logistics of the day. With Human Race behind us, you can be assured of a second to none experience.
