The Rushdenites

Support our D-Day Challenge

In honour of our forefathers as well as current servicemen who have bravely fought to protect our way of life, we will be taking on the D-Day Challenge to raise vital funds for life-changing mental health treatment for veterans.

The D-Day 44 Challenge commemorates the 1944 Allied invasion of occupied France. We will be heading to Normandy, to race across its picturesque beaches, finishing at the historic Pegasus Bridge on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, 6 June 2024.

Combat Stress is the UK's leading charity for veterans' mental health. For almost a century, they've helped former servicemen and women deal with issues like trauma, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Today, they provide support to veterans from every service and every conflict.

We are taking on the D-Day Challenge to help take vital strides towards ensuring veterans can get the support they need.

Thank you so much for your support.

Thank you to our Sponsors

£590

Brenda Martin

from tombola stalls

£250

Patricia Abrahams

Good luck Steve. Bon chance

£220

Justgiving Donations

£200

Brenda Martin

last bottle tombola at Goods Shed

£200

Steve Miller

£175

Steve

hello my support number is 303738

£175

Bren & Lynne

Bren & Lynne's Efforts at the Goods Shed - Appy Daze!!

£160

Brenda Martin

Good Luck Steve, from the Cambridge collection.

£130

Facebook Fundraising

£120

Part 3 Chichester House

This is the third and final donation from the lovely kind residents of Chichester House boosted by £50 from M and £18 loose change found when clearing my late Mother's Flat.

£117

Rosemarie Streeton

£106

Pete Mccrone

This is the ideal opportunity for me to support you in memory of my dad (he would have 100 years old this year and landed in Normandy on D-Day +1) - so grateful for all of your efforts - all the best my friend!

£106

Liz Newell

Wishing you and any others participating in the in the D-Day challenge every success . You are all fantastic well done x

£105

Julia Roberts

What a hero you are Jake! Good luck and enjoy the challenge.

£105

Brenda Martin (jean)

Good luck Steve, Donation from mum xxx

£104

Brenda Martin

Good luck to you both, last donation

£100

Ruth Miller

£80 from Bob crick £20 from Jim and Kerry

£100

Northants Breakfast Club - June 2024

Northants Breakfast Club for Veterans held a BBQ today and celebrated HM The Kings Birthday and collected exactly £100 for us.

£100

Kevin Brigginshaw

£95

Offline Donations

£90

Offline Donations

£80

Esther Weadick

Done it now.

£75

Alfred Lord Tennyson School

Teaching and Support Staff raised £75 for such a good cause. On D-Day one of the School Governor's phoned from Normandy Beaches. The pupils were excited to hear him as he said he saw HM The King.

£75

Offline Donation

£65

Offline Donation

£55

Veterans' Breakfast Club

£53

Gary Shaw

Have fun for a good cause

£53

Kelpercarol

Good luck, will share to my page

£53

Thomas Nevin

Jake Great cause mate

£53

Tony Roberts

Good luck to you and Steve. Nice to meet you both at breakfast

£53

Kevin Griffin

Great cause Jake.

£53

Isabella Okagbue

Good on you Jake!

£53

Amanda

Good luck Jake!

£53

Lynne Baker

Go for it darling!

£52

Amy Crawfurd

Best of luck Jake for a fantastic cause

£52

Anonymous

£50

Part 1 Chichester House

This is the first part of donations from the kind residents of Chichester House

£50

Nigel

£50

Justin Burt

Goodluck with this Jake. Its a very honourable cause. Hope you and the family are all doing well. Cheers Justin

£42

Anita And Mo

Wishing you every success and very comfortable shoes.

£42

Helen Crichton

Well done Jake ! You are an amazing person for all you do for others.

£40

Malcolm Harris

Good luck to you both and keep up the training 👍

£40

Andrew Presland

£40

John Gouldie

All the best Jake, we know that you can do it.

£37

Anna Abel

Go Jake go!!

£37

Barwick House

Donation from Jim, Bob, Ian and Mary

£32

John & Caroline Hickingbotham

Go Jake Go you will meet your target no problem, a real worthy cause.

£32

Ngozi Adi

I hope it went according to plan!

£32

Peter Banks

Had problems initially finding your page, but got there in the end. Wish you well.

£32

Greg J

Good Luck 🫡

£32

Gina

Good work...hope it all goes well xxx

£31

Steven Miller

£30

Offline Donations

£30

Clive Dobbs

All the best Clive & Jan Dobbs

£29

Shaun Hart

£29

Peter Norman Barratt

£29

Ruth Miller

I have now sponsored you

£29

Michael Read

£29

Peter Middleton

Go team!

£29

Hilary Hill

An amazing cause.

£29

Karen Ledster

Good luck with your walk Steve. Thank you for everything you do for such a worthy cause.

£29

Mark Davie

Awsome Jake

£29

Helen E

A great achievement well done - such a worthy cause!

£29

Liza Thomas

Well done guys. Proud of you.

£29

Ngozi Uche

Jake, great cause! Best of luck.

£29

Marianne Mason

Such a worthwhile cause.

£29

Alison Holmes

Best of luck, Jake.

£29

Clare Hind

A fantastic cause Jake, enjoy. Best wishes Clare

£28

Jill Haydon

Good luck and wishing you all the best with this great effort for in this D-Day Challenge, Jake! I am sure you will complete every step of this in style, for a very worthwhile cause.

£28

Yvonne Adams

Wishing you and Steve all the best for your walk.

£28

Zara Cunliffe

Go Jake!

£28

Tim Daber

Best of luck.

£28

Part 2 Chichester House

Part 2 Chichester House. This is the secon part of donations from the kind residents of Chichester House.

£27

Dominic Goble

£27

Linnet Smith

£27

Kevin Haresign

🫡

£27

Alan Armson

£27

Anonymous

Well done matey.

£27

Anonymous

£27

Brenda Martin

Good luck Steve.

£27

Angela Evans

Good luck Jake, I know you'll smash it!

£27

Julian Cripps

Thank you for raising money for this great cause.

£26

Steve Bennett

A great cause Jake and I’m sure you’ll smash it!

£25

Yve & Steve Ball

Good luck Steve on the long walk, am sure you will smash it; very worthwhile cause

£25

Graham & Sally

Here you go Jake

£25

Nigel Exton

£22

Aunty Pam

From Aunty Pam.to reach you personal target

£21

James Doran

Well done to you two for helping ensure our defenders of our freedom receive help to recover from the daily Trauma of Combat Stress.

£21

Penny Munro

£21

James Rough

Good luck sir!!

£21

Sue Pettitt

A great cause, wishing you all the best.

£21

Andy

Awesome effort as always Jake!

£21

Barry Collins

Hope you enjoy the walk Jake. Why not take a football with you.

£21

Bonnie

Well done, Jake! Have a blister-free time!

£21

Janet Auty

£21

Marion Darnell

Good luck to all taking part

£21

Radka Platte

Good luck with the challenge, Jake :-)

£21

Chrissie Johnson

Good luck Steve and Jake!!

£21

Jill Brown

£21

Rejane Gass

Great Cause Jake! Good luck for the race!

£21

Tracey Selmes

Good luck Jake & Steve with your D-Day 44 challenge.

£20

Andrew Scarborough

Great work so far. Hope this helps a little.

£20

Bob & Peter - Raf Association

Following the Announcement that Jake & Steve completed the Walk, Bob & Peter donated to take The Rushdenites over the £6K mark 😊

£20

Mark Philp

Good luck from the cyclists you spoke to over the river, don’t get lost.

£20

Maria Pegg

£20

Catherine Young

Best of luck with the challenge

£20

Mick & Sue

We wanted to give you a donation for the walk you did for the Normandy Veterans recently. We've been on holiday and now back

£20

John Baker

Good luck Jake for this worthy cause

£20

Harry Calder @ D-day 80

Having met and chatted as we approached Pegasus Bridge

£20

Ken Roberts

Top bloke, well done Jake

£16

Angela Wilson-north

Good Luck Jake - a very worthy cause!

£16

Jose Kyprianou

£16

Allison Bates

In honor of Jake Baker finishing the Samaria Gorge in Crete!

£15

Jake Baker

Ok, we have lift off 🤣

£15

Tony Samra

It's only 44 BFT's mate.....👍🏽

£11

Rebecca Crane

£11

Katrina Fox

£11

Megan Graham

Good luck

£11

From The Tucks

Good luck from the Tucks

£11

Jim Muir

See you there Jake

£11

Garratt

Sorry for this delayed response. Finally got there. Well done to you and the team 👏

£11

Kenneth Roberts

Doing a great job

£11

Mandy Mcmahon

Good luck Jake

£11

Stephen Westlund

£11

Clare Pearce

All the best Jake. You're doing this for the best of reasons, raising money for a much needed charity. Well done!

£11

Ron Johnson

Good luck Jake!

£11

Anonymous

Worthy cause good luck

£11

Jake Baker

£11

Andy Carter

Good on you Jake!

£11

Donna Turner

Good luck Steve you can do it 🙂 love Donna Carly-Rae and Tommy xxx

£10

Amanda Beaty

Good luck!! - great charity…

£10

Sarah Clarke

Good luck for tomorrow Jake, you and Steve are going to smash it. Such a great cause ☺️

£10

Sarah Clarke

Good luck for tomorrow Steve, you and Jake are going to smash it. Such a great cause ☺️

£10

Steven Miller

This is the donation from Wednesday at the Armed forces event in Northampton

£10

Patricia Willmott.

£10

Brenda Martin

starter for 10

£10

Steven Miller

£10

Cathy @ The Cloisters

Here you go Jake

£10

Rick Croot

£10

Steven Miller

£6

Melanie Baker

Incredibly proud of you Dad & well done. Great cause & go for it!

£5

Dave T

£5

Mel

Good luck jake and team you are doing amazing and a charity close to our hearts

£5

Melanie Baker

Go for it Steve!

£5

Caroline Hancock

Very small amount but will donate more later on x well done Jake x

£5

Steve The Young Rushdenite

Happy birthday