Gemma Wakeling

Swim 8km in March 2026

Gemma's GOSH Challenge

Please support me in becoming fitter and doing what I love to do, as a swimming teacher I want to give back doing what I love.  Please support me in completing this 8k challenge.  Many people do not realise that Great Ormand Street is a charity and not part of the NHS and children all over need our help.

Gemma's GOSH Challenge

I am raising money to help children who need it, Great Ormond Street many people do not realise is a charity it is not.part of the NHS.  Being a swimming teacher I want to give something back, whilst getting fit and doing what I love to do. Please support me in my quest to achieving an 8k swim.

I’m swimming 8km in March for GOSH Charity! 

I’m challenging myself to swim 8km this March to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity).

Childhood is special. It should be a time of joy, wonder, curiosity and fun. Of making friends, making mistakes, and growing into the adults we become. But it’s also fragile, and sometimes all too brief.

That’s why Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity raises funds to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer. For the children from all over the UK who are treated by Great Ormond Street Hospital every day, for children with rare or complex illnesses everywhere, for this generation and all those to come. Because no childhood should be lost to serious illness.

And with every kilometre I swim, and every pound raised, we’ll be helping to give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhood possible.

Please help me to achieve my goal by giving whatever you can; no amount is too small to make a difference.

My Achievements

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First donation

£100 raised

£250 raised

£500 raised

2km

4km

6km

8km

Thank you to my Sponsors

£25

Fay Aubrey

Good luck Gemma!