In memory of Fiona Stallwood, 10 August 1963 - 1 November 2018
"Fiona was my big sister. Being born 3 years before me, Fiona was ever present in my life. Times were hard when we were young, and, living in a small bungalow, meant sharing a bedroom for much of our childhood. But, despite living under the same roof for over 30 years, whether in the family home, or latterly at her place, I must admit, I didn't know her as well, as perhaps, I would have wished. Fiona was always an intensely private person, not given to sharing her inner most thoughts and feelings as is the vogue today. However, what I did know, was how honest, decent, hard working, diligent and caring she was. In early 2016, she was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. Inoperable. Terminal. Some people, are set apart, by great feats of say, intellect or physical strength, but for Fiona, it was her capacity to endure. She endured the rigours of chemotherapy, the hair loss, the fatigue and the nausea. The nausea, that so blighted her last months, weeks and days. But she kept calm and carried on, with hope and optimism and an indefatigability of spirit. She never looked around at others, asking "why me?" Even as the efficacy of the drugs waned, and the tiny flame of life, guttered in the chill draught of fate, she shed not a tear. She was the embodiment of stoicism, making me proud, to say that I was her brother. I recall on many occasions, as a young child, peering through the darkness, across the bedroom to where my sister lay, and fulfilling the role of annoying little brother, I would whisper loudly, repeatedly, irritatingly " Fiona, are you asleep?" hoping she would answer. But now there is only silence, as she sleeps, as she rests, in my heart, and in the hearts of others who had the good fortune to know her. Goodbye my big sis."
My Achievements
Fundraising page
Updated Profile Pic
Added a Blog Post
Received 5 Donations
Reached Goal
Increased Target
Thank you to my Sponsors
£6.69
Wendy Whitehead
£30
Lorraine Maslen
Well done Dion keep up the good work ....We lost our sister Marilyn to this awful disease 15 yrs ago today ...Thanks Steve & Lorraine
£13.38
Paul Gillen
£6.69
Vicky Burrows
£20
Gift Aid
10th August - 03 Sept
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£616.66
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of May.
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£543.75
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of February.
£5
Online Donor
'I saw a news story on TV'
£25
Siobhan Rafter
Such a worthy cause.
£125
Tim Hodges
Well done for providing a worthwhile legacy in your sister
£250
Stephen Edwards
£25
Geoffrey Smith
Washing machine advice over the phone for Kate and Geoff in Tidmarsh. Dion, many thanks yet again, and well done on raising so much in your sisters name, she would be very proud
£125
Henry Evans
Well done Dion, know how you feel. Charlie.
£873.33
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of March.
£25
Max Freeman
£25
Lynn Wheaton
£25
Rosamund Porter
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£100
Siobhan Macdonald
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£75
C K Rackley
Contribution for washing machine repair
£100
Penny Paterson
£43.75
Paul Kirk
Many thanks Dion first for mending our oven and secondly for telling us about your brave sister.
£25
Nick Jarvie
£25
Online Donor
'I saw a news story on TV'
£62.50
Niamh Sherwood
Thank you Dion for all your help and advice. You are doing such a wonderful thing in your lovely sister Fiona's memory.. Robert and Niamh
£62.50
John Crompton
Thanks for helping with our washing machine, you're a life-saver!
£25
Neil Govan
£62.50
Duncan Jones
Amazing amount you have raised
£37.50
Penny Smith
£68.75
Michelle Scully
£31.25
Christopher Kemp
Many thanks, really appreciate the advice.
£25
Henrietta Langley
What a wonderful tribute to a sister. I am sure she is as proud of you as you are of her. Thank you Deon for restoring my faith in humanity. Henri Langley
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£40
Natalie Higley
£538.33
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of April.
£75
Sarah Woodward
£75
Charlotte Nicholl
£50
Nicola Crompton
£62.50
Nicola Meadows
Dion, Thank you so much for your amazing help with my cooker fan element. And so sorry to learn about your big sister, and the photo of the two of you as children is beautiful. Nicky
£50
Melissa Snaith
Thank you for your help Dion
£25
Roy Tuhy
£62.50
Mark Osborne
Dion, I
£25
Renate Berry
£70
Nicky Baldock
£31.25
Alice Mccarthy
£93.75
Mike Smith
Help with cooker
£112.50
Paul Redston
£87.50
David Baron
£25
Terence Furlonger
£65
Catherine Davis
£40.13
Richard Abbott
£20
Jane Lewis
Thanks Dion, as always.
£26.75
Juliette Williams
£26.75
Lynda Mann
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£62.50
Martin Chander
£35
David Rodger
£62.50
Valerie Davis
With thanks.
£37.50
Rosamund Porter
£25
Adrian Cook
£2.9k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in March for help mending their appliances.
£603.75
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of September.
£640
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of January.
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£25
Lisa Riley
Thanks so much for your help with my dishwasher Dion - really happy to contribute to this great cause.
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£25
Andrew Thomas
£37.50
Steven Fuzesi
£20
Karen Pearce
£20.06
Wendy Whitehead
pressed wrong button! should have been
£3.04k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in August for help mending their appliances.
£87.50
Pauline Elkington
£75
Gift Aid
14th July -10th August
£580
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of March.
£31.25
Sheila Forde
£50
Gen Callaghan
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£1.47k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in July for help mending their appliances.
£37.50
Fiona Pringle
With thanks Fiona
£1.06k
Gift Aid
Gift Aid
£200
Mark Meadowcroft
Glad you were there for each other
£62.50
Philip Hunter
Dion ...fixed oven
£701.25
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of October.
£25
Rebecca Connell
£21.40
Angela Bevan
£31.25
Bruce Duncan
£648.75
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of February.
£37.50
Jonathan Dodd
£31.25
Tim Bray
Thanks Dion. Great cause.
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£5
Online Donor
'Saw the news item on BBC website about the chap working for an extra year. Hopefully a few others will have chucked in, and he can give up!! Cheers Pete'
£75
Anthony Giblin
With many thanks Dion, Anthony & Karen Giblin
£25
Eluned Kenward
I was so sorry about your sister. Sorry it's taken me so long to do this. (and thank you for all the many times you've rescued my white goods!) Lyn
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£25
David Rodger
£18.75
Pauline Warren
£25
James Parker
Thank you for all your help.
£25
Henry Pringle
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£25
Judy Dearing
So lovely to keep your sister
£37.50
Celine Plum
Thank you, Dion.
£25
Crawford Anderson
Lovely tribute Dion. Pleased to help the cause.
£25
Hayley Keable-elliott
£25
Joan Easton
£25
Richard Simons
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£37.50
Chris Pollard
£26.75
Suzanne Tappern
£20
Sarah Challis
£25
Dennis Edwards
£25
Angela Devlin
£12.50
Annie Scrimshaw
Read about you on the BBC news website - so inspiring and your sister would be so proud I am sure. Hope you reach your target!
£50
Rosamund Porter
£32.10
Anne Crean
I'm sure Fiona would be very proud of you Dion.
£37.50
Mandeep Dhadwal
£75
Mike Ryan
£25
Sades Grenia
£267.50
Maria Piccioni
In memory of a lovely lady.
£62.50
Roger Woolven-allen
£125
Rebecca Harper
£25
Deborah Took
£87.50
Fiona Verheggen
Thank you Dion
£25
Calum Macleod
Dion, your kindness shines through in the work you do and this huge amount of fundraising testifies to that, Calum and Abigail
£25
Michael Whitfield
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£2.11k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in April for help mending their appliances.
£25
Ravi Shah
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£2.21k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in May for help mending their appliances.
£25
Christopher Warren
So young - all the best
£62.50
Claire Andrews
£31.25
Janet Gregory
£4.02k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in November for help mending their appliances.
£25
James Sinclair
£62.50
Ben Neo
£1.94k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in June for help mending their appliances.
£31.25
Ginni S
£25
Colette Vance
£40.13
Paul Knight
£125
Rebecca Harper
£37.50
Sam Wrankmore
£62.50
Vince Hill
£948.33
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of August.
£246.25
Gift Aid
Gift Aid from January to 14 July 2021
£31.25
Alison Spiers Davis
Thank you Dion!
£37.50
Julia Leng
£60
Cleo Chrysanthou
£26.75
Peter Joannides
£81.25
Ally Evans
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£12.50
Alistair Mclean
£625
Rachael Hannan
What an amazing woman, and what a beautifully written and heart felt memorial to her.
£35
Mark Underwood
Your sister would be so proud of you Dion
£53.50
Angela Bevan
In memory of a special person, who I never met.
£25
Conor Prendergast
£37.50
Elizabeth Underwood
£25
Charles Raymond
£250
Stuart Burton
£62.50
Sarah Parr
£410.50
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of January.
£35
Gift Aid
Gift Aid 29th September - 14th October
£62.50
Julie Woodward
Such a great cause and I
£37.50
David Jeans
£50
Jane Mccarthy
£62.50
Kayleigh Henry
Help with oven
£50
Unis Shaikh
Unis and Christine Shaikh. Good work Dion and delighted to make a donation for this cause.
£12.50
David Allen
£37.50
Fiona Pringle
Thank you Dion. A wonderful cause to be able to support and very grateful for your support. Fiona
£2.82k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in February for help mending their appliances.
£62.50
Rory Curran
Dion You
£37.50
Les Mathias
Thanks Dion for great repair & in memory for your sister.
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£75
Roger Woolven-allen
£86.25
Charlotte Nicholl
£10
Susan North
£43.75
Mark Edwards
Thank You Dion.
£50
Christine Aldridge
£561.66
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of June.
£75
Peter Nightingale
£40
Tim Lawrence
£30
Thomas Herrod-taylor
£25
Karen Lawrence
£25
Siobhan Dawson
Dion, this is fantastic amount money, that you have raised. Your Sister would be very proud of you. Well done. Siobh
£37.50
Dave Thornton
Thank you Dion - what a fantastic cause
£2.81k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in October for help mending their appliances.
£50
Cecilie Hodgson
£37.50
Sheelagh Bowker
Love Dion!
£25
Amanda Stephens
Love helps us through our loss
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£25
Lata Parbhoo
£26.75
Catherine Mellor
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£62.50
Valerie Reid
£386.60
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of July.
£13.38
Elaine Lloyd
Thanks Dion for your help last week. What a beautiful website in Fiona's memory.
£25
Ayaz Khan
Dion gave me some really good free advice about fixing my electric oven, which sorted out the problem. This small donation as a thank you!
£62.50
Mary Reed
God rest you Fiona...
£25
Linda Luckett
Thank you Dion for coming to our aid so quickly. Really nice to see you again and catch up and such a great cause. Thank you Christian & Lin
£62.50
Gary Pugh
£50
Carolyn Beech
£25
Jenny Stevens
It was a pleasure meeting Dion, Fiona's brother.
£32.50
Gift Aid
Gift Aid 03 September -29 September
£25
Deborah Took
£25
Keith Winterbone
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£2.6k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in February for help mending their appliances.
£10
Online Donor
'I saw a news story on TV'
£62.50
Stephen Downey
Help from Dion
£1.94k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in January for help mending their appliances.
£62.50
Alice Mccarthy
Thanks Dion, you're amazing donating your earnings to this brilliant charity.
£12.50
Nick Hopton
£25
Wendy Bowsher
£878.75
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of November.
£25
Liz Ryan
£2.19k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in March for help mending their appliances.
£25
Fiona Pringle
Thanks so much Dion
£26.75
Julia Palalas
£25
Jeremy And Laura Harmsworth
Thank you Dion for all the repairs and advice you have given over the years.
£125
Maria Mitchell
Rest in peace, Fiona, and know that you are much loved and missed.
£50
Kenneth Wickens
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£33.44
Julia Feeney
£2.59k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in January for help mending their appliances.
£25
Jeanine Packham
From Stonecliffe
£35
Jennifer Leach
What a beautiful tribute to your sister and thank you for sharing her spirit with us.
£250
Alison Musgrave
£10
Online Donor
'I saw a news story on TV'
£25
Jane Wilson
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£62.50
Steve Musson
Well done, Dion. You are doing a terrific job in memory of your sister.
£2.43k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in December for help mending their appliances.
£25
Caroline Catline
£2.88k
Dion Stallwood
Donated by my customers in September for help mending their appliances.
£25
Astrid Marker
£62.50
Christine Aldridge
D/washer help
£565.75
Dion Stallwood
Gift Aid from my customer's donations for the month of December.
£75
Megan Lawrence
Happy to support. Very best, Megan and Mark
£25
Jenny Edwards
£95
Dion Stallwood
GA from donations.
£25
Paul Hughes
Hoping this contribution helps Regards Paul (Beko)
£25
Yvonne Goddard
Saw you on the news programme last night, think what you are doing is very generous.
£250
Dion Stallwood
£25
Mary Reed
Fiona, you would be so proud of your little brother Dion. God rest you, and God bless him...
£37.50
Kerry Giani
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£50
Clare Francis
£37.50
Lindsay Kennedy
£50
Fiona Pringle
In memory of a lovely lady and with thanks to her kind and generous brother. Many thanks. Fiona
£25
Thanks again for helpful advice on our washing machine