Talking Targets

Pledges have been coming in steadily since the blog went live - many, many thanks to those of you who have already made a pledge - don't forget we will contact you via email as soon as we have finished the walk to arrange collection of your donation.

Lots of you have been asking if we have a target which we would like to reach. To be honest, we just want to raise as much as possible and, with more planned advertising on the way soon - local papers, Swift Flash etc - who knows, £1000, even £1500 might be attainable. As I've already mentioned in a previous post, there are so many worthy causes out there - we just hope that the fact that this is a genuine, local fund-raising event, it may just persuade local people to push their spare change our way.

So, if you haven't yet had the opportunity to make a pledge, please take a look at our on-line sponsor form - it's easy to complete, confidential and only takes a few moments to fill in.

Training and Media Update

Just a quick update regarding training and the recent media announcement regarding

Woodmarket House.

Training is going well - we're doing plenty of short walks throughout the week and longer ones at weekends - we're also going to finalise a few dates to visit the Malvern range which we'll sort this weekend. As I mentioned in 'What's the big idea?' the Malvern range will offer us comparable distance and terrain so will be a good indicator for us regarding stamina and fitness. 

Many of you will have seen in the local papers that Woodmarket House is to move from public to private ownership in late summer and I know that some of you have expressed concern that your money, raised through this event, may end up as an asset of a private company. Please rest assured that, whatever happens, whether Woodmarket House remains in public hands or moves into the private sector, there exists an independent 'Comfort Fund', protected by law and managed independently which is specifically for the benefit of Woodmarket's residents, longer term and respite residents, and which cannot be touched by either the local authority or private owners. David Merry, the manager of Woodmarket House has written a piece for us which you can see on his own page - just follow the links on the right. Regardless of your views regarding Public vs Private ownership of care homes, please don't forget that nobody owns the people who reside in these homes - they still desperately need care and little home comforts, they still like to watch telly, they still like to have entertainment evenings, they still love to go on trips out and so on, so please put politics aside and support this hugely worthy cause.

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Monday 7th March 2011

Welcome to our blogspot which aims to provide as much information as possible regarding our upcoming adventure in May 2011. Please feel free to browse around the pages (you will see the links to the right hand side of the page) especially our sponsorship page which we hope you are able to complete in aid of the folks at Woodmarket House. Don't forget, you can join us as a follower and also post comments (hopefully inspirational ones!). The blogspot will be continually updated, so add us to your favourites and follow us during our training and the walk itself. Thanks for looking. Russ, Simon and Richard.