James Burton
80 year old Theo contemplating surfing?
THEO’S TRIKE TRECK 2021 UP-DATE 16TH JUNE Mileage now: 65! I know I’m overdoing it a bit but I am so determined to reach the 81 miles...
Search
James Burton
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
80 year old Theo's fight with a hedge - the hedge won...
Theo’s Trike Trek 2021 Up-Date 10th June The very essence of my 2021 Trike Trek is ‘triumph over tragedy’ and I couldn’t help feeling...
14 views0 comments
James Burton
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
Theo' Trike Trek - 81 miles for Limbs for Life campaign
More background about why Theo's new Bike Challenge and the Miracles’ Centre for Prosthesis and Psychotherapy in Bosnia is so important...
9 views0 comments
James Burton
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
81 miles by 80 year old Theo
80-year-old Theo Ellert – Founder of the Miracles Charity is attempting another Trike Trek this year: 81 miles this time and in just one...
7 views0 comments
James Burton
- Jul 28, 2020
- 1 min
Miracles goes electronic to counter Covid-19 impact.....
Miracles fundraising has been decimated by Covid-19 – every dinner, event and activity we had planned for this year has been cancelled...
17 views0 comments
James Burton
- Jun 15, 2020
- 2 min
Theo's Trike Trek 18
Back on the trike this morning, enthused by the donations which arrived yesterday from my darling Ann Hutley and Julia Ogilvy. Total...
17 views0 comments
James Burton
- Jun 10, 2020
- 2 min
18 miles on the clock and still the weather is on my side
Today I want to start by telling you about a crisis case which has just come in from The Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton where the...
14 views0 comments
James Burton
- Jun 5, 2020
- 2 min
Theo's fundraising trek is starting to attract media attention
James, Miracles Project Director, has done a great job on PR for me. We missed the Interview on Spirit FM recorded the other day but...
19 views0 comments
James Burton
- Jun 4, 2020
- 1 min
Some relief for children in Tower Hamlets lockdown...
Just a couple of weeks ago I was in conversation with the Early Help and Transitions team at Tower Hamlets council – they told me about...
32 views0 comments
James Burton
- Jun 3, 2020
- 1 min
Christopher Biggins lends a hand…..
One week gone and 12.35 miles on the milometer. Bank Holiday and the countryside looks amazing. Loads of people on the roads, chatting,...
16 views0 comments
James Burton
- May 27, 2020
- 1 min
Day 3 - Theo's 80 mile fundraising adventure.....
Yesterday I had a real morale booster! It was a Birthday donation from very old friends, Father and Daughter, Ali and Doug. Doug was a...
51 views0 comments
James Burton
- May 25, 2020
- 1 min
Theo’s Trike Trek Blog – Page 2
Saturday, and the sixth day of my Trek. Still incredibly windy but I’ve just been out and took some lovely pictures of the waves at high...
33 views0 comments
James Burton
- May 24, 2020
- 2 min
Eighty year old, Theo, is cycling 80 miles in eighty days......
Theo Ellert, founder of the UK children's charity Miracles, has set herself the challenge of cycling 80 miles over the next 80 days - or...
157 views0 comments
James Burton
- May 15, 2020
- 2 min
Theo's 80th birthday challenge
Miracles Founder, Theo Ellert, has just embarked on a 80 Mile Trike Trek over 80 days to celebrate her 80thBirthday on 18thAugust. With...
110 views0 comments
James Burton
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Calla's 2.6 challenge for Miracles
Calla Spires took part in the 2.6 Challenge - a nationwide campaign to inspire people to raise money for a charity of their choice - so...
17 views0 comments
James Burton
- Apr 28, 2020
- 1 min
Born to Run - Rob does Bruce
Covid-19 has devastated UK charities ability to fundraise – all traditional events, such as marathons and Gala dinners, have been...
19 views0 comments
James Burton
- Mar 9, 2020
- 3 min
Core funding appeal from Miracles founder and Trustee – Theo Ellert.
My Dear Friends, You may be one of my ‘Near and Dear’ ones or you may not even know me but I have always felt that Miracles is a family –...
47 views0 comments
James Burton
- Mar 9, 2020
- 1 min
Send Prison Governor sends thanks.....
The most recent Miracles music workshop, The Singer Inside, came to an end in January. It ran for 3 months in Send women’s prison and was...
38 views0 comments
James Burton
- Jan 28, 2020
- 2 min
The Singer Inside Send
The latest Singer Inside project came to an end on Friday 17 January in Send women’s prison, Guildford. By far our most successful prison...
16 views1 comment
James Burton
- Nov 21, 2019
- 2 min
13,000 ft above the ground Miracles happen.
So… the next instalment of Grunberg & Co.’s incredible journey - supporting Miracles throughout 2019. Not content with cake sales, cheese...
19 views0 comments