# New Swim Serpentine event offers fundraising opportunity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/02/29/new-swim-serpentine-event-offers-fundraising-opportunity/
- Published: 2016-02-29T08:02:45+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**A new open water swimming event launches this September, organised by London Marathon
Events in partnership with British Swimming.**

[Swim Serpentine](https://www.swimserpentine.co.uk/) is a two-day open water swimming
festival staged in and around Hyde Park’s Serpentine on 24-25th September. Day one
will see up to 6,000 swimmers swim a mile in open water either for charity, or by
entry through a public ballot. Day two will feature the British Open Water Swimming
Championships over a distance of 3.2km, and an elite invitation 5km swim.

[Charity entries](https://www.swimserpentine.co.uk/how-enter/charity-entry/) close
on 29th July, while the ticket ballot closes at 17:00 on 29th April, or when 16,000
applications have been received.

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Tommy’s, Anthony Nolan, Cancer Research UK. And Breast Cancer Now are some of the
charities offering charity places in this year’s event, with Virgin Money Giving
the official fundraising partner.

Jo Barnett, head of social enterprise at Virgin Money Giving said:

> “Virgin Money Giving is extremely proud to be named as the official fundraising
> partner of the new Swim Serpentine event. It takes place in one of London’s most
> iconic and well-known parks and is an excellent platform for people to raise money
> for charity.”

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