"eight-hour swim off the coast of Croatia before embarking on the cross-Channel attempt. Walliams has insisted that prior to his challenge he had never seriously taken part in any sport. The Bluetones' lead singer Mark Morriss wrote a song, ""Fade In/Fade Out"", in honour of Walliams' achievement; it can be found on their self-titled album, released on 9 October 2006.. On 7 March 2008 Walliams, along with James Cracknell, swam the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco, again for Sport Relief. He successfully completed the swim in just over 4 hours. In March 2010 Walliams and a group of"
"to the strong current of the river, but also other river users. Organised swimming events take place at various points generally upstream of Hampton Court, including Windsor, Marlow and Henley. In 2011 comedian David Walliams swam the from Lechlade to Westminster Bridge and raised over £1 million for charity. In non-tidal stretches swimming was, and still is, a leisure and fitness activity among experienced swimmers where safe, deeper outer channels are used in times of low stream. A Thames meander is a long-distance journey over all or part of the Thames by running, swimming or using any of the above"
"top 50 recorded times for an unaided Channel crossing; in reality Walliams placed 167th at the time of crossing in only the CSA listings, excluding the CSPF listings. He raised over £1 million in donations. Under the supervision of his trainer, he trained for nine months to prepare for the swim. The training had to coincide with Walliams and Lucas's ""Little Britain Live"" tour, so he daily had to train for several hours before performing on stage in the evening. Walliams first swam from Lee-on-the-Solent near Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight in around two hours and also completed an"
"his work with them since 2006. He, along with the Marie Keating Charity, has helped to raise over £1.7 million for the UK charity. This money is used to fund three special mobile units which raise awareness throughout the UK. In October 2009 he pulled out of the Chicago Marathon due to the sudden death of his bandmate Stephen Gately; he had intended to run in memory of his mother. In September 2011 he swam the Irish sea 90 km stretch from Dublin to Holyhead with a team of celebrities to raise money for cancer charities and set a new"
"channel from Brighton to Dieppe, riding from Dieppe to Gibraltar and finally rowing from Gibraltar to Tangiers. The journey took over 2 months and raised several hundred thousand pounds for the Chase Charity. In 2004 Hollioake's charity broke the world record for the number of participants in a continuous 100 metre relay. Other fundraising projects Hollioake has been involved in include Cricket Challenge, which raises money for the Queensland-based charity Paradise Kids, where members of the public compete against stars and cricketing legends, and the Battle of the Stars charity golf day. Hollioake made several appearances on the BBC programme"
"for 14 years. In 1992 David co-founded The Mitchemp Trust, a registered youth development charity working with vulnerable young people aged 11 to 14 years old from across Wiltshire and the UK who are suffering the effects of poverty and rural isolation. See The Mitchemp Trust website. In October 2004, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire. In 2009 David founded Wicked Weather Watch, a charity aimed at informing young people about climate change. In summer 2016, David will undertaken the Polar Ocean Challenge - an historic attempt to be the first British yacht to sail around the Arctic"
"pharmacy chain Lloydspharmacy in 2011. He also co-founded and acted as Medical Director for a private medical insurance provider called PatientChoice. PatientChoice was purchased by Westfield Health in 2011. In 2014 he completed a solo swim of the English Channel in just over 14hrs. He has also completed a swim from Robben Island to Cape Town, Alcatraz and the Lake Zurich 26 km marathon swim. He is currently Executive Director of the hive innovation unit for ViiV Healthcare, a joint venture between GSK, Pfizer and Shionogi, focused on HIV and involved as a founder investor in a new US-based online"
"then there was a live semi-final and final, on ""Sport Relief"" day, which were 45 minutes long. Segments of this and past ""Sport Relief"" events aired as part of ""Sport Relief Goes Global"" weeks after the event, in which parts of the program could be viewed in other countries including sketches from ""Miranda"", ""Outnumbered"", ""Smithy"", and ""David Walliams swims the Thames"". Sport Relief 2014 took place from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 March 2014. The official campaign launch took place on Tuesday 21 January 2014. The Annual Live Telethon was broadcast live from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the"
"1984 for his achievements, including winning the St. Leger Stakes on Commanche Run that year, Piggott's record-breaking 28th British classic win. In 1994, Piggott won the award again for his ""services to racing"". Comedian David Walliams received the award in 2006 ""for his outstanding achievement of swimming the English Channel for charity"", which raised over £1 million for Sport Relief. Fellow comedian Eddie Izzard was presented with the award in 2009 after running 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief. In 1983, the team of ""Australia II"" received an International Team Award in recognition of their victory in the"
"cycled 400 km across Vietnam and Cambodia, raising thousands of pounds to build the school in Vietnam and support an Orphanage in Cambodia. To promote the challenge within the UK, True Volunteer Foundation managed two events in the run up to the trip to increase visibility. This included entering a team of cyclists in Cyclothon UK 2011 and hosting a celebrity tennis tournament day at David Lloyd Leisure Centre in Raynes Park. Special guests attending the celebrity tennis tournament included Mike Read, Victor Ubogu and Sue Mappin. True Volunteer Foundation is supported by 42 high-profile public figures and celebrities. Supporters"
"in order to raise money for Comic Relief. His boat ""Lillibet"" is now in the collection of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. The record had stood for 383 years, having been set in 1619 by John Taylor, a Jacobean poet and Queen's Waterman. His second such feat was being the first person to row a bathtub across the English Channel. His first attempt was in 2004 for Sport Relief, when he tried to row from France to Tower Bridge, London in a bathtub made by Thomas Crapper and Co. Ltd, named ""Lilibet II"", after the childhood nickname of Queen Elizabeth"
"less self-centered and in 1986 he joined up with his training partner and good friend Chris Hallam, who was also an outstanding Paralympic athlete having won gold in the pool at Stoke Mandeville. The two decided to raise funds for, and awareness of, disability sport by taking part in a 400-mile wheelchair trip around Wales in just 11 days. This led to a further fund raising event in 1997 when the two men completed 600-mile in 37 days. The funds they raised allowed for the building of national centre for disability sport to be built at the University of Wales"
"UK was 'Little Britain's Big Swim' which featured David Walliams swimming the English Channel. Daffyd Thomas's song ""I'm Gay"" was recorded in a studio and released as an Internet-only single on the UK and Australian iTunes Stores. This is a night of ""Little Britain Live"" with celebrity guests such as Kate Moss and Peter Kay. £3 from each DVD sale goes to Comic Relief. A live ""Little Britain"" show was made for Comic Relief at the Hammersmith Apollo on 22 November 2006, and featured many guest artists and celebrities. This version was released in March 2007 and televised as part"
"private funds, with £50 million coming from the independent Guy's and St Thomas' Charity (the successor to the endowments of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, amongst others), and £10 million from NHS budgets and a major fundraising campaign by the Evelina London Children's Hospital Appeal. South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS) is a children's acute transport service which specialises in the inter-hospital transfer of critically ill children in London (south of the River Thames). It operates from the children's intensive care unit of the Evelina London Children's Hospital. The unit is the lead centre for children's intensive care in the South Thames"
"in under ten days. At 315 miles in length and incorporating 100,000’ of ascent and descent it is Britain’s toughest mountain marathon taking in 202 fell tops over 2000’ in height within the Lake District National Park. In completing the challenge he raised sufficient funds to initiate the building of a centre of academic and sporting excellence for children and young people in Seenegama, Sri Lanka, funded for the most part by the Marylebone Cricket Club. The Braveheart Programme Military Charity. In 2009 he co-founded ""The Braveheart Programme"", a British military charity that funds scientific research using the very latest"
"company launched a second campaign in 2013, this time working with CheethamBellJWT, with the tagline ""Quality bathrooms, not costly showrooms"", – the advert won campaign of the week in trade magazine ""Retail Week"". In September 2014, Victoria Plum signed up to sponsor the remakes of popular shows ""Celebrity Squares"" hosted by Warwick Davis and ""Sunday Night at the Palladium"", to be hosted by a different comedian every week. In November 2014, Victoria Plum ran a poll to choose which charity would become its official charity partner for 2015. WellChild – the national charity for sick children – received the most"
"a marathon by collecting £1.8 million in sponsorship. This broke the record set the previous year by the founder of the Oasis Trust, Steve Chalke MBE, who had collected over £1.25 million. Steve Chalke recovered the record in 2007, raising £1.86 million. In 2011 Chalke broke the record for a third time, raising £2.32 million. The £500 that Claire Squires collected before the race increased to £920,000 after she died having collapsed during the 2012 race. A small number of runners, known as the ""Ever Presents"", have completed each of the London Marathons since 1981. After 2014 their number has"
"Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon The Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon is a marathon canoe race in England. The race is held every Easter over a course of from Devizes in Wiltshire to Westminster in central London. It has been run since 1948. Starting at Devizes wharf, the route follows the Kennet and Avon canal for 54 miles to Reading, where it joins the Thames. Another 54 miles later it reaches Teddington Lock, ending 17 miles later at Westminster Bridge. Personalities to own a DW medal are former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Paddy Ashdown, explorer Sir Ranulph"
"She completed the London Marathon in April 2011, raising £2000, and ran again in 2013. Since 2009, through various events, she has raised over £8000 for Variety. She has also supported cancer research by running the Race for Life. In September 2012, she skydived with the Red Devils as part of her Miss World Beauty With a Purpose campaign and raised £1000. More recently, she has supported Help for Heroes by completing the Tough Mudder race; the Naked Heart Foundation by running the Paris half marathon; and Shelter by completing Vertical Rush (running up Tower 42 in London). In October"
"his last coming against France at Wembley in 1992. In June 2003, after a year in retirement, Thomas revealed he had been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia, from which he later recovered. He won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award in 2005, after he raised over £150,000 for the Leukaemia Research charity by cycling 2,200 miles in 21 days, completing the route of all 21 stages of the 2005 Tour de France a few days ahead of the race itself. In 2005, he was voted in Palace's Centenary XI, and was then given a ""Special Achievement"
"to raise £1 million, net proceeds of which were split equally between Sport Relief and the newly formed Dallaglio RugbyWorks, whose beneficiaries include Cancer Research UK, DebRA, Leukaemia Research, Help for Heroes and the RPA Benevolent Fund. In 2012, Lawrence Dallaglio joined forces with former England cricketer Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff for the Dallaglio Flintoff Cycle Slam 2012. They were joined by former footballers Lee Dixon and Graeme Le Saux, and a number of other celebrities and members of the public in a bid to cycle from Olympia in Greece, covering 521 km to the Olympic stadium in Stratford, London. The"
"nearly £100 million. When Chataway's son Adam decided to launch a water project in Ethiopia in memory of his fiancée killed in a road traffic accident he chose to do it in partnership with ActionAid. Vicky's Water Project, opened in 2010, has transformed the lives of 20,000 people. In 1991 Chataway was appointed chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority – a job he relished not least because his father had been one of the early aviators. He supported his friend Chris Brasher when he established the London Marathon, and was President of the Commonwealth Games Council for England from 1990"
"their support to the project. Angelfish is also working with Handicap International (Belgium) and The Cambodia Trust Fundraising activities include an annual swimming gala in Cambridgeshire to raise the £5,000 needed to fund the project each year. Angelfish charity Angelfish is a UK charity that seeks to help disabled and deprived children in Cambodia by physical therapy. Angelfish uses a swimming programme to improve children's mobility and confidence. This is important in Cambodia which has the highest percentage of amputees in the world. Established in 2006, the charity is run by volunteers who co-ordinate the project, organize fundraising events and"
"as well as the fastest competitor aged over 50. The Thameside Series is an excellent build up race for the world-famous Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon. The 'DW' race is held every Easter over a course of 125 miles (201 kilometres) from Devizes in Wiltshire to Westminster in central London. It has been run since 1948. Starting at Devizes wharf, the route follows the Kennet and Avon canal for 54 miles to Reading, where it joins the Thames. Another 54 miles later it reaches Teddington Lock, ending 17 miles later at Westminster Bridge. Waterside Series The Waterside Series is"
"55% were female and 45% were male. The first event was sponsored by Sony Ericsson, who returned as sponsor in 2009; Nike was official sponsor from 2011 to 2013. The event raised money for its official charity, Leukaemia Research, raising over £400,000 in 2008. The 2009 race was held on 27 September 2009. The route started and finished at The O2. Runners initially headed along the river towards the Thames Barrier, past Firepower - The Royal Artillery Museum and the Royal Artillery Barracks, and through Greenwich Park. A main stage was located next to the start/finish line and music was"
"and England striker Gary Lineker was among the riders in 2003. In addition, Alastair Campbell, the former Director of Communications for Tony Blair, has also taken part. ITV presenter Sir Trevor McDonald started the race at Ham Common in 2008. Former Arsenal FC footballer and current radio presenter Ian Wright will be among those cycling the 2013 ride. The London Bikeathon is the flagship fundraising event for the UK based charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research fund scientific research focused on finding causes and improving diagnosis and treatment of all types of blood cancer including leukaemia, lymphoma"
"Arena in London. In 2012, he completed a triathlon from Paris to London in five days to raise money for the BBC charity Sport Relief. His ""week of hell"" began at the Eiffel Tower on 27 February, where he cycled to Calais. The next day, he rowed across the English Channel as part of a team including Davina McCall, Andrew Flintoff and Denise Lewis, then ran from Dover to London in three days, finishing in Trafalgar Square on 2 March. On 23 March, during the Sport Relief telethon, it was announced that his efforts had raised £4.2 million. Also in"
"before the tidal section of the river starts is Royal Canoe Club, said to be the oldest in the world and founded in 1866. Since 1950, almost every year at Easter, long distance canoeists have been competing in what is now known as the Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race, which follows the course of the Kennet and Avon Canal, joins the River Thames at Reading and runs right up to a grand finish at Westminster Bridge. In 2006 British swimmer and environmental campaigner Lewis Pugh became the first person to swim the full length of the Thames from outside"
"an international humanitarian aid charity based in Wrexham who take volunteers overseas to facilitate health, education, training and empowerment programs in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. In 2013 Teams4U launched its own national shoebox program bringing Christmas gifts to deprived children in Eastern Europe. Nominated for the St David's Award 2016 for Charitable Work Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Salford University Dave Cooke (businessman) Dave Cooke (born c. 1954) is the founder of two charities: Operation Christmas Child and Teams4U. Cooke founded the charity Operation Christmas Child (now Samaritan's Purse) in 1990 and developed, then worked for, the biggest shoebox"
"most money. 2009 Cancer Campaign events included a Relay for Life, a dunk tank for some of the teachers, several barbecues, a food fair, bake sales, a talent show and a dance show. The total raised for 2011 was $62,740.13, a record breaking total. Saunders has raised over $530,000 as of this year since the start of the campaign 11 years ago. Saunders Secondary School Saunders Secondary School is located at 941 Viscount Road in the Westmount suburb of London, Ontario, Canada. It is named after William Saunders. William Saunders was a Canadian pioneer and an authority on all matters"
"Guinness World Record for open water swimming with an 11-member celebrity team. They raised £1 million for Cancer Research Britain and the Marie Keating Foundation. In July 2013 he and Brian McFadden joined golf veteran Gary Player at Wentworth in London to play in the annual Gary Player Invitational Charity Pro-Am golf tournament to raise funds for underprivileged children's education. Over the years he has won ""Smash Hits"" Best Solo Male. He was given a tree in London's Hyde Park for performing for The Prince's Trust. He also has a World Music Award for the best selling Irish artist. On"
"of £26.9 million. In 2011-12, it raised £55.8m in the UK, and spent £54m. WaterAid works in partnership with local organisations in 37 countries in Africa, Asia, Central America and the Pacific region to help poor communities establish sustainable water supplies and toilets, close to home, and to promote safe hygiene practices. It also works to influence government water and sanitation policies to serve the interests of vulnerable people and to ensure water and sanitation are prioritised in poverty reduction plans. As a matter of policy, WaterAid supports public ownership and control of water supplies, but does not take a"
"conditions and strengthen community life by giving money to those who are disadvantaged."" Williams, with the help of friend Jonathan Wilkes, has organised charity football matches called Soccer Aid to raise money for UNICEF UK. A mixture of celebrities and professional football players have played Soccer Aid matches in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 at Old Trafford in Manchester and Wembley Stadium in London. Williams has been the Patron of the children's charity the Donna Louise Trust, based in Stoke-on-Trent, since 2002. The charity offers respite and palliative care to terminally ill and life-limited children who are"