Fred Foundation

On July 22^nd  Matt Gower will be attempting to swim the English Channel on
behalf of the Fred Foundation.

The English Channel is 21 miles wide with the average water temperature
during the swim likely to be in the region of 15 degrees centigrade.
This compares with a standard indoor swimming pool which tends to be around
28 degrees. Wetsuits are against the rules during channel swims.

Matt anticipates the crossing taking around 16 hours. The quickest it has
ever been done is 7 hours, the longest a staggering 26 hours.

Fewer people have successfully swum the channel than have reached the
summit of Mount Everest.

Many of you will be aware of The Fred Foundation and its aims to help
children with autism reach their potential and Matt will be helping the Fred Foundation to raise money to help fund individual specialised education programmes.

Trying to secure the right education for a child with autism is an
immensely long and stressful journey and requires years of dogged
determination
and a belligerent refusal to accept defeat.  In comparison to this,
swimming the channel should be relatively straightforward.

Your help and support would be massively appreciated by Matt and the rest
of the Fred Foundation team.

http://www.justgiving.com/difficultnotimpossible

Thanks very much!