Raised: 123%
Target: £1,000.00
Raised so far: £1,233.00
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My story

 
Okay, okay, here's the deal. The woman in the photo is Karen Buchanan, one half of the dynamic duo that is Graham and Karen on BBC Radio Norfolk (10am-1pm weekdays). I've been on their show a few times and suffered them taking the mickey out of me and they are the reason I'm on here now. This is an excerpt of an email I sent Ms Buchanan a few weeks ago:
 
"put on another half stone ....thoroughly depressing .....I need encouragement ...maybe losing weight for charity by getting sponsorship might do it .....have to sign off now , the chair's collapsed !"
 
I've got no vices - no drink, no drugs, no ciggies, but my hectic lifestyle means I tend to eat on the run and I've piled on the pounds recently. I need to lose at least 3 stone, but I've only got until 21st December to lose the weight. I'm doing it for the Salvation Army to try and ensure other people get a good Christmas, so please help spur me on - and pledge pounds to help me lose pounds!!
 
Thanks
Rick xx

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all the best rick - we want you to be playing for years to come Donation by martin duke 23/01/10  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Hi Rick ! Congratulations for this noble - and healthy - attitude ! Cheers and Happy New Year from Brazil ! Luciano (www.myspace.com/wakemaniacs) Donation by Luciano Carneiro 30/12/09  

£10.00

Donation by Les Crabb 19/12/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Rick, hope you reach you goal mate. I have also donated a like amount to my local Salvation Army in California in your name. Cheers, Lowell Donation by Lowell Reed 13/12/09  

£50.00

Hi Rick. Love and peace. See you in Marlborough :-) Donation by Gary Scully 11/12/09  

£13.00 + £3.67 Gift Aid

Could I be so bold as to ask you to be the first to contribute to my charity the RNID Donation by John Clifford 20/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Hey Rick - if you find it difficult you should try what my mate did - he lost 3st in 8wks with LighterLife. Good luck !! Donation by Richard 19/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Rick - i'm not sure who you are or your music but i do know The Salvation Army and it is a great cause. well done and i hope you lose the pounds Donation by David Donaldson 12/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by stephen rose 11/11/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

On behalf of us all at Esoteric. A great cause Donation by Victoria Powell 06/11/09  

£20.00

as honory president of the RWCC and a personal friend of Rick for 33 years I'd like to donate enough to reach the target. Good luck Rick ! Donation by John BoBo Bollenberg 05/11/09  

£123.00

Good luck Rick - the Sally Army is my preferred charity ! Thanks for the music & Hampton Court ! Donation by Ray Beeze 04/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck Rick hope you achieve both targets Donation by Brian Duddridge 03/11/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Good luck Rick, wish I had your willpower! Donation by Brenda Smith 02/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 31/10/09  

£10.00

Rick's health and the Salvation Army - two very worthy causes - keep rocking! Donation by Martin 26/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Food - Food - Food - It's all in the mind !!! Unfortunately it falls down your throat and lands in your bellii :))) Donation by Eaton Mooregrub 26/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Love your work, Rick - musically, literary and on the radio; and love the work of the Sally Army too, so a donation is only right! Good luck. Donation by John Myhill 26/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Now all you need is some flying goggles for your stick of wet celery Donation by A. Nonniimuss 26/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

good luck Rick I've just lost 3 stones and am working om the rest I know how hard it is Donation by helaine grant 25/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

I'm hoping that you do really well so that when they reschedule the Planet Rock Morris Dancing you will be good and fit to join us! Donation by Jane Armstrong 21/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by John Mussell 20/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Lovely that you are doing something for the Salvation Army, an amazing organisation. Good luck! Donation by Val Wilson 20/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

keep up the good work rick and i am looking forward to seeing you in st albans Donation by andrew mills 19/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

God bless you Rick. Hampton Court was an absolute gas, my first time to the UK. Best to you and yours in the new year. Donation by Thomas Felts 16/10/09  

£50.00

Great idea Mr. Wakeman. Donation by Gary Wilkes 16/10/09  

£200.00

Donation by A Godsell 16/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

I know what it feels like Rick, I lost 7 stone for charity recently and raised over £2000 (let's hope you do far better than that). Good luck! Donation by Colin Litten-Brown 15/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck, and God bless you, Rick. A great cause, and I love your music! x Donation by lucy de A 15/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Thanks for helping the Salvation Army Donation by nick 15/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
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