Charities team up to fund respite home
Two award-winning charities are joining forces to help North East people affected by cancer – and you could make a difference to their efforts.
Amber’s Law from Sunderland is joining Hartlepool-based Miles for Men to tackle a sponsored walk next month.
And what an effort it promises to be with a predicted 30 people climbing the Yorkshire Three Peaks on September 12.
Darren Cliff, from Ambers Law, and Micky Day, from Miles for Men, have teamed up their charities to attempt to raise £40,000.
That’s the target they have set to buy a caravan which will be used as a respite home for people with cancer and their families.
The Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge is a 25-mile circular route which includes climbing the summit of Pen-y-Ghent (2227 ft), Whernside (2415 ft) and Ingleborough (2372 ft) in less than 12 hours.
These peaks form part of the Pennine range, and encircle the head of the valley of the River Ribble, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Micky explained that the caravan would be based at Crimdon, and added: “We think that this is important and we know what it means to the people that it helps.”
Miles for Men reached a special moment last month when it passed more than £400,000 donated to worthy causes and people since it was first set up in 2012.
It has been an award-winning force to be reckoned with in the Hartlepool area ever since it started.
The charity collected the 2019 Community Group of the Year trophy at the Best of Hartlepool Awards for its sterling efforts to support local people.
Amber’s Law is a Sunderland charity which won the Best of Wearside Awards Community Group of the Year trophy last year.
The campaigners behind the Amber’s Law project are helping to save lives worldwide in memory of Amber Rose Cliff, who lost her life to cervical cancer at the age of 25.
Darren said: “We are teaming up with Miles for Men to pool our resources and raise as much funds as we can to get the caravan.
"It is a great idea for cancer patients and their families, that they can get away from the stresses of day-today life.”