Your events

Our supporters do all sorts of weird and wonderful things to raise money for Jeans for Genes.  We love to hear about what you’re up to so that we can help you to raise as much money as you can.

We made it!  The Curtis family and friends with their £10,000 cheque 

You can email us with all the details.  If you’re happy for us to use photographs of what you got up to on our website, attach them to your message.  They’ll be great inspiration for other people!

Why not…

• Hold a Wild West denim themed barbecue, with country & western music and rodeo rides

• Organise a GENE-ius quiz and a raffle in your local pub – teams could pay an entry fee and the pub could create a special ‘denim’ cocktail

• Get the GENErations round for afternoon tea.  Bake treats to sell with our delicious celebrity chef recipes

• Denimise dog collars and organise a sponsored denim dog walk

• Create a denim 'sports day' on your village green, school or even your own back garden.

William is now a healthy little boy

Just a Walk to the Beach

Robert and Catherine Curtis (above) raised £10,000 for charity with their inspirational 'Just a Walk to the Beach'.

Their son, William, had Wiskott Aldrich syndrome, an immune deficiency which left him extremely vulnerable to infection.

He had a bone marrow transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital and is now recovering well.  His immune system is getting stronger everyday.

'Just a Walk to the Beach' challenged their friends and family to get to Saunton Sands in North Devon WITHOUT using an engine.  They also had to take something with them to catch a wave!

The money they raised is being split between Jeans for Genes and the Sick Children's Trust.  We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part.

Just one of the show's denim outfits 

Invicta's fundraising fashion show

Invicta Grammar School in Maidstone in Kent held a fashion show in July 2008.

As well as raising money for Jeans for Genes, it was a  celebration of the textiles students' work.

The 'tailoring' collection featured models carrying huge carrier bags with the Jeans for Genes logo on.

The dress on the right is from the 'denim' section which showcased a variety of skirts, high-waisted jeans, dresses and denim in a range of colours.

The students, who also take part in Jeans for Genes Day, raised an amazing £1,300.

Doron's 'marathon' fundraising

Doron Kristal is the head of marketing operations here at Jeans for Genes. 

Having never really run before, he last year completed his first marathon in under three and a half hours.  But as many marathon runners will tell you, once isn't enough (no, honestly they do!)  So this year he's taking part in nine runs in as many months. 

He aims to raise at least £5,000 for Jeans for Genes. If you'd like to support Doron and help him to reach his total, visit his justgiving page and make a donation online.  And don't forget to add Gift Aid.

 

Climb every mountain

Steve Lake and his brother raised more than £2,000 for Jeans for Genes when they climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. 

Steve and his wife Cinty have been fundraising for us since they lost their daughter Amelia to Edwards Syndrome in 1997 at just 5 weeks old.

Is this the furthest a Jeans for Genes t-shirt has ever been?

I’m a fundraiser, get me out of here!

Isobel McEwan from Paisley in Scotland has been raising money for genetic research for the last 25 years.

Her little girl, Lauren, died from an immune deficiency called Adenosine de Aminase Deficiency or ADA in 1982.  In 2007 Isobel took part in a charity trek through the Thai jungle to raise more than £10,000 for Jeans for Genes and NCH Scotland.