UPCOMING EVENTS
PAST EVENTS
Team Lewis Leap do The Kiltwalk
15 September 2024
Shoogle Yer Sporran!
Next Sunday 15th September I’m taking on my first Lewis Leap challenge to walk 13 miles - The Big Stroll at the Edinburgh Kiltwalk. I’ll be ably assisted by Anita, Elaine, Rebecca and Vicki as we birl our bahoochies around the course. If you are able please click the link below and donate what you can to speed us along the way. All funds raised go towards our new service to offer early support to families who suffer traumatic loss.
THE BIG CYCLE - LONDON TO PARIS SEPTEMBER 2023
RAISED OVER £9,100 (Including Gift Aid)
Lewis' Dad Ian, Uncle Willie (Guild) Andy McMillan (brother-in-law) and Hugo O'Neill all bought padded pants..."WHY?" I hear you ask? Fashion statement...no, thankfully it's because they completed a mammoth 280 mile cycle from The Tower of London to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. No electric bikes, just pedal power.
4 MEN, 4 BIKES, 4 DAYS - 280 MILES! It pushed them all well passed their comfort zones and raised a phenomenal amount for Lewis Leap! VIVE LA FRANCE!
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MIKE & WILLIE'S RIDE TO THE SUN -Â JUNE 2023
RAISED £757 (Inc. Gift Aid)
Family Friend Mike Dunne and Lewis' Uncle Willie (Guild) set off from Carlisle on Saturday 24th June and cycled 100 miles through the night to arrive at Cramond foreshore in Edinburgh to watch a beautiful sunrise. There were stops for fish & chips at Moffat before the notoriously hard climb up the Devil's Beef Tub, then it was downhill to the Cyclo Rave & an energising banana refuel.
LEWIS LEAP DOG SHOW 2022
THE FIRST LEWIS LEAP DOG SHOW AUGUST 2022 WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. THANKS TO YOU ALL!
RAISED £1,519
And we hope that everyone enjoyed it as much as we did. There was such a lovely atmosphere with so many happy owners, gorgeous dogs and busy volunteers. We were totally overwhelmed by the fantastic turnout, thank you so much for supporting our charity and keeping Lewis in everyone's thoughts.
Our friend took lots of beautiful photographs on the day, which we'd like to share with you all.
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Please follow the button to view these photos, we would kindly ask if you download any photos please consider making a donation here
JACK'S MARATHON EFFORT - MAY 2022
RAISED OVER £800!
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FAMILY FRIEND JACK FLORENCE TOOK ON THE EDINBURGH MARATHON
26.2 MILES OF HARD RUNNING STARTING IN HOLYROOD PARK, THROUGH THE STREETS OF EDINBURGH AND ALONG THE COAST TO MUSSELBURGH & LONGNIDDRY. RETURNING TO MUSSELBURGH FOR A WELL EARNED REST & BEER.
RUN JACK RUN!
INACCESSIBLE PINNACLE - APRIL 2022
RAISED OVER £1,000
Two of Lewis' wonderful uncles and friends were mad enough to think that climbing the Inaccessible Pinnacle on the Isle of Skye was a grand way to spend a weekend and raise funds for Lewis Leap.  We say thank goodness for mad uncles!
It's the only one of the 282 Munros that requires ropes to climb, so no easy task.
We were blessed with phenomenal weather and no midges, great result all round!
PAST EVENTS
MILLIE & ANANYA'S VIRTUAL KILTWALK - APRILÂ 2021
RAISED OVER £3,100
On 23-25 April Millie (Lewis' sister), Ananya and 11,000 other Kiltwalkers took part in the biggest and best ever Virtual Kiltwalk across Scotland.  Millie & Ananya walked 32 miles in and around Edinburgh, visiting South Queensferry & Portobello.  Well done girls and fantastic fund-raising.
PAST EVENTS
RIDE TO THE SUN JUNE 2021
RAISED OVER £11,000
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Ian (Lewis' Dad), Nathan, Kevin, Neil, Lewis, Elaine, Iain (Lewis' Uncle) & Donny's Big Cycle. They cycled 100 miles through the night leaving Carlisle at 8pm finishing at Cramond beach outside Edinburgh for sunrise the following day. Everyone remembers the hill out of Moffat!
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Ride to the Sun, from 26 June 2021 to 27 June 2021
LANDS END TO JOHN O'GROATS - JULY 2021
RAISED OVER £5,000!
A group of 7 enthusiastic cyclists (not athletes!), Barrie Wharton, Carl Best, Donny McLeod, Ian Dunhill, Iain Miller (Lewis’s Uncle), Jay Talbot and Rob Hooker, took on the Lands End to John O’ Groats Cycle ride over 6 days in support of fledgling youth charity, Lewis Leap. Covering approximately 150 miles each day, with stops at Taunton, Shrewsbury, Kendall, Edinburgh and Aviemore, the team arrived in John O’ Groats on 10 July 2021, two years to the day when Lewis was cruelly taken from our lives.
Please give what you can. Thanks.
PAST EVENTS
CRAMOND KIRK JUMBLE SALE - MARCH 2022
RAISED £1,300
The lovely people of Cramond Kirk always organise one of the best jumble sales in Edinburgh with all your favourite stalls, home baking being our favourite!
Lewis Leap & Fresh Start were the lucky recipients of the proceeds.  HUGE THANKS TO ALL WHO ORGANISED (Helen pictured) AND THOSE WHO SHOPPED!
LITTLE MONKEYS NURSERY LEWIS LEAP HONEY - DECEMBER 2020 & 2022
RAISED OVER £2,400 & £1,182 - BUSY BEES!
Little Monkeys Nursery owner Grace Kerr and her business partner Valerie Broomfield have raised more than £3,582 by selling jars of their Lewis Leap Runny Honey to nursery parents & matching donations. Kinross based Webster Honey sited the hive on the roof of the nursery in 2019 and due to exceptionally fine Spring & Summer weather, coupled with less pollution over lockdown, a bumper honey crop followed and then a second crop in 2022.  Lewis was one of the first children to attend Little Monkeys at Cramond enjoying lots of fun times.
PAST EVENTS
LEWIS LEAP CHRISTMAS WREATHS - DECEMBER 2020, 2021, 2022
RAISED OVER £8,000, £6,000 & £8,142 RESPECTIVELY
Family friends planned and executed what has become our annual Christmas event.  Selling over 300 wreath making kits and garlands in Edinburgh and beyond!  Each year we try to change things slightly and add new products like Bauble Wreaths, Bauble Garland & Christmas Pots to keep it feeling fresh and exciting. Hopefully bringing festive cheer & making memories! Look out for our 2023 event coming in November.
ROWLANDS GILL BURNS SUPPER JANUARY 2020
RAISED OVER £1,500
They danced, they sang!
They ate Cullen Skink, Haggis, Neeps & Tatties and Trifle!Â
They toasted the bard with a dram or two!
And chose Lewis Leap as the recipient of the evenings proceeds. Â Thanks to the Scottish organisers for an awesome evening and bringing a bit of Caledonia to Tyne & Wear.
THE FIRST EVER EVENT FOR LEWIS LEAP!!
EVA'S BAKE & TOY SALE CRAMOND SCHOOL - NOVEMBER 2019
RAISED OVER £1,300
Lewis' youngest sister Eva staged the first ever event to raise funds for Lewis Leap.  Eva and her school friends baked cakes and donated pre-loved toys, books and clothes raising a whopping £1,325. FANTASTIC ORGANISING & SELLING SKILLS EVERYONE!
STEVE & LAUREN'S CROSS BORDER TRAIL
SATURDAY 3RDÂ &Â SUNDAY 4TH SEPTEMBERÂ 2022
RAISED £861.25 (INC. GIFT AID)
This summer Lauren and I are took on a 2 day walk through some of the most beautiful areas between Scotland and England covering a distance of about 40km. We wanted to do something to show that even two city slickers can throw on the walking boots and keep up with the best. No matter what age you are, if you want to do something then do it! We can all take our own Lewis Leap!
