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Coronavirus – Captain Tom Moore’s NHS fundraiser on way to £22million!

The 99-year-old Second World War veteran’s initial target was to raise £1,000 for NHS Charities Together – a target that he has smashed by 4,353%.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
April 18, 2020
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Tom Moore of himself, a 99-year-old veteran who has raised over ??2 million for the NHS after setting himself a challenge to walk 100 lengths of his garden.

Tom Moore of himself, a 99-year-old veteran who has raised over ??2 million for the NHS after setting himself a challenge to walk 100 lengths of his garden.

Captain Tom Moore’s bid to raise money for the NHS by walking laps of his garden has hit almost £22million – less than two weeks after he started the challenge. As of 10.20am on Saturday he had raised £21,768,181.28.

On April 6 the 99-year-old Second World War veteran set out to walk 100 laps of his garden in Bedfordshire before his 100th birthday on April 30.

His initial target was to raise £1,000 for NHS Charities Together – a target that he has smashed by 4,353%.

He completed his 100th lap on Thursday, but as donations continue to pour in he has vowed to keep going.

Captain Moore’s challenge has captured the hearts of the nation, and he has been personally thanked by the Duke of Cambridge.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is looking at ways to recognise his “heroic efforts”.

Donation pouring in

By Friday night, Captain Moore had raised more than £20 million with the donations still pouring in.

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More than 97,000 people have supported his effort.

Speaking on BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on Friday, Captain Moore said: “It really is absolutely enormous isn’t it. That sum of money is very difficult to imagine but it’s coming in so well.”

His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said: “Tom is clear that as long as people believe that he’s worth investing in, he will keep walking because this is for such a phenomenal cause.

“We know that this story will have a life to it, so as long as people are donating we’ll keep supporting my father to do it and he will keep walking.”

Captain Moore was earlier shown a pre-recorded message from William, in which he praised the veteran’s achievement as “incredible” and “amazing”.

In the video, William said: “What I love also is that he’s a 99-year-old war vet, he’s been around a long time, knows everything and it’s wonderful that everyone has been inspired by his story and his determination.

“I think he’s a one-man fundraising machine.

“God knows what the final total will be but good on him, I hope he keeps going.”

Captain Moore, watching the recording on BBC Breakfast, said: “That I think is absolutely amazing.

“That my super prince can say something like that.”

He told Radio 2: “Never ever in my life did I anticipate being in touch with such important and super people who’ve been making kind remarks like this.

“It really is out of this world.”

Addressing the public, he added: “I say thank you very much indeed because the object that we’re contributing is so important and so necessary, and I appreciate and think you’re all so kind and thoughtful in contributing to this cause.”

Crazy

Ms Ingram-Moore said: “It’s been absolutely crazy because we genuinely did start off only 10 days ago with a goal of £1,000 and we thought that would be remarkable.

Tom Moore and family
Captain Moore with his grandson Benji, daughter Hannah and granddaughter Georgia (Joe Giddens/PA)

“Then we dreamed heady heights of £5,000, by the end of the month we thought we’d do this.

“Then we realised very quickly that this story that we knew about that was at our hearts had taken the hearts of the British public.

“This has become the British public’s story.

“It’s much bigger than us now.”

Originally from Keighley in West Yorkshire, Captain Moore trained as a civil engineer before enlisting in the Army for the Second World War, rising to captain and serving in India and Burma.

Donations to NHS Charities Together can still be made at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs.

Related – NHS staff concerned over ‘inadequate’ PPE amid fears it will run out

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