# Former footballer Phil Neville supports Wonderful.org’s first Wonderful Week

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/10/03/former-footballer-phil-neville-supports-wonderful-orgs-first-wonderful-week/
- Published: 2017-10-03T08:00:12+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Charity fundraising platform Wonderful.org is celebrating the success of its inaugural
fundraising ‘Wonderful Week’, which saw participants throughout the UK clocking 
up miles for their chosen charities through a mixture of cycling, swimming and running,
as well as fundraising through other activities.**

Former Manchester United and England footballer Phil Neville and his wife Julie 
fronted the [Wonderful Week ](https://wonderfulweek.org/)fundraising campaign, which
asked people to support charities by fundraising however they chose between the 
2 and 10 September. The week saw Neville and his wife cover a distance of 100 miles
through swimming, cycling and running, to raise funds for The Good Life Orphanage
in Kenya.

Olympic gold medallist Katie Archibald MBE and her Women’s Cycling Team – Team WNT
also took part, cycling 1,500 miles to raise funds for [The Christie](http://www.christie.nhs.uk/),
while Manchester locals Simon Liddiard and Dennis Lloyd completed a 50-mile bike
ride from Manchester to Liverpool on Mobikes. The nine-hour ride raised funds for
community project [Veterans Garage](http://veteransgarage.co.uk/), which supports
ex-servicemen and women across the North West.

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Other activity included founder of Wonderful.org, Kieron James covering 106 miles
throughout the week with his family: 50 miles in Paris, 25 miles in London and completion
of the world’s biggest half-marathon – The Great North Run, and twin sisters Lucy
Cliff and Annie Cliff, and their partners Elliot Green and Ed Fox cycling a combined
distance of 450 miles through a combination of bike rides through the Alps, UK and
during spin classes, raising money for The Good Life Orphanage in Kenya.

Kieron James said:

> “We’re so grateful of all the support and hard work from everybody who’s got behind
> The Wonderful Week, and the efforts of every single fundraiser – from every mile
> cycled to every cake baked. We look forward to many more successful fundraising
> events, continuing to raise even more money for charities in the future.”

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