Take part in the Gold Challenge!

Feel like doing something different in Olympic year? Raise funds for the Winnicott Foundation by taking part in the Gold Challenge and complete your personal sporting challange this year.

See www.goldchallenge.org for details of the challange or contact us for more information.

You can choose from the 2012 challange - complete 2012, 201.2 or 20.12 kms individually or as a team, in an olympic sport (inc. horseriding, swimming, running and cycling), or spend at least 3 hours learning 5, 10, 20 or 30 Olympic sports, or do the gold challenge in a gym.

The highest fundraisers will win a place in the Gold Challenge Opening Parade in the Olympic Stadium on 1st April and 2 participants will take part in a 100m race in the stadium including entering the stadium via the official athlete route.

Perhaps your company could take places and participants can compete against each other?

Beautiful 14 ct gold heart and evil eye bracelets to raise funds for the Winnicott Foundation

Designed exclusively for the Winnicott Foundation by jeweller and mother of premature twins, Ceyda Gungor (www.byjada.com) these 14 carat white gold bracelets will raise funds for the Winnicott Foundation. 15% of the purchase price (after VAT) of each bracelet will be donated to the Winnicott Foundation.

There are two bracelets available, both in 14 carat white gold incorporating a gold heart and evil eye to signify love and protection and the exquisite detail that JADA jewellery is known for.

14 carat white gold with diamond heart and evil eye: £438

14 carat white gold with gold heart and evil eye: £210

To purchase, or for more infomation, please contact info@byjada.com

Thank you to Ceyda www.byjada.com for her generosity in creating these bracelets and donating her profits to the Winnicott Foundation.

If you've been successful in the Virgin London Marathon ballot, or are taking part in another event, could you raise money for the Winnicott Foundation? We can provide you with a t-shirt and fundraising support. Whether you raise £100 or £10,000, your amazing training and running efforts could also be supporting premature and sick babies and their families at Queen Charlotte's and St Mary's Hospitals! Contact veronica@winnicott.org.uk if you have a place!

Thanks to all those who ran in the British 10k London on Sunday 10th July in support of the Winnicott Foundation. Our runners, many of whom are parents of babies cared for in the Winnicott Baby Unit at St Mary's Hospital, have raised over £10,500 to date. Their fantastic fundraising will help us to buy items of comfort for babies, improve the environment of the nurseries, provide suport and information for families and purchase equipment to improve care.

Get your running shoes on and book your place now on the British 10k team for 2012! Complete a contact form and we'll send you details.

Thank you very much to our runners in the London and Brighton Marathons for their fantastic achievements; as well as months of training they have been fundraising for the Winnicott Foundation.

 Luke Johnson, from Virgin, has raised nearly £8,000 to date through donations and various fundraising activities that he has orgaanised. Luke told us:

"Yesterday was fantastic. I had an absolutely brilliant time, though admittedly there were some incredibly hard parts to the course. Despite the pain encountered in parts, I managed to beat my target time of 3:45 and came in at 3:35! I’m incredibly pleased and I’m still beaming from the endorphins."

 Ewan West, whose son was cared for in the Winnicott Baby Unit at St Mary's, has raised over £2,600.

You can still sponsor our runners:

 http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserPage.action?userUrl=LukesMarathon&faId=74442&isTeam=false

 http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserPage.action?userUrl=EwanWest&faId=96560&isTeam=false

 If you'd like to take part in the Brighton Marathon 2012, contact Veronica Cooke on veronica@winnicott.org.uk or on 020 3312 6773.

 If you have your own place in the London Marathon in 2012 and would like to run for the Winnicott Foundation, please let us know and we'll help you fundraise!

 Or for a gentler run, try the British 10k London on Sunday 10th July!