It’s time to zip into action
BOOST HOSPICE CHARITY’S COFFERS
FUNDRAISERS are invited to get out in the fresh air this summer and enjoy some exhilarating exercise all while supporting a local hospice care charity.
Thrill-seekers are being urged to check out Phyllis Tuckwell’s adrenaline-pumping zipwire event.
The charity said this aerial activity is the perfect challenge to take on and ‘hang out’ with friends.
Participants can fly through the air together on England’s longest zipwire at speeds of up to 60mph, 100 metres off the ground. If you sign up in a group of four you will save money on registration fees, but individuals are also more than welcome.
The event takes place on Saturday June 8 at Hangloose Adventure, in Bluewater. Individual entry is £30 and entry for a team of four is £100. Minimum sponsorship is £100 per person.
Phyllis Tuckwell said it is also delighted to be holding its sponsored Walk for the Wards on the Hampton Estate again after last year’s successful event at this new location.
The walk takes place on Sunday June 16 and will be held alongside the charity’s new Run for the Wards event, which was launched last year and enjoyed by local runners and running clubs.
The Hampton Estate is a beautiful 2,000-acre area of rich and diverse habitat which sits between Puttenham and Seale, just south of the A31.
It includes parkland, meadows, grassland, heathland, chalk downland and woodlands, and is home to deer, songbirds, butterflies, red kites, buzzards and the Hampton herd of pedigree Sussex cows.
Its owners will open some of the estate’s private land for the event, offering participants an opportunity to explore not only public but also private areas of the estate, which they would not otherwise be able to.
Participants can register for a five or 10-mile route, with runners starting at 9.15am and walkers setting off at 9.30am. Registration is now open, and all who complete their walk or run will be offered a free ice cream at the end. Dogs are also welcome (on a lead).
Sunday, June 16 is Father’s Day and Phyllis Tuckwell said the walk is “a lovely way for families to celebrate this special day together, or for those whose dads or someone special to them are no longer with us, to walk with friends and family in their memory”.
“We’re thrilled and very grateful to be returning to this stunning location for our Walk for the Wards and Run for the Wards events this year, and would like to say a big thank you to the owners of the Hampton estate for inviting us back,” said Ruth Masters, head of fundraising at Phyllis Tuckwell.
“We’re also really pleased to have been able to open the event up to runners and hope that more will take this opportunity to run one of these two lovely routes. We’re currently offering early bird prices for the Walk, so please do take advantage of them and sign up now.”
Early bird entry fees for walkers are £10 for adults and £4 for children aged 14 and under, and all participants are encouraged to get sponsored. The entry fee for runners is £10 for those raising money through sponsorship and £20 for those who are not.
All the money raised through both registration fees and sponsorship will go directly towards helping fund the supportive and end of life care that Phyllis Tuckwell provides for patients and families living with an advanced or terminal illness, such as cancer or motor neurone disease.
It has to raise more than £25,000 a day to provide its care, which is why events such as this are so important.
Register at www.pth.org.uk/ zipwire, www.pth.org.uk/walk-forthe-wards or www.pth.org.uk/runfor-the-wards