Face your fears - walk this way for hospice
ARUNCORN hospice is appealing for supporters to face their fears and do something incredible this October.
Halton Haven Hospice will be holding a Fire and Ice Walk on October 1.
The walks take place over either four metres of sharp smashed sterile wine bottle glass, or red-hot wood embers measuring around 800 degrees.
For the exceptionally brave, the option to do both is available and fancy dress is optional.
Runcorn pub and restaurant Ten Lock Flight has partnered with Halton Haven and will provide all participants with a free drink - but only once they have completed their walk.
The event this year will take place on the grounds of Ten Lock Flight with participants, friends and families advised to book a table before the event.
The event was originally scheduled for April 2019 but had to be rearranged due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The grounds are more than suitable for social distancing measures, and food is available to order.
Elle Smith, community fundraiser, said: “After a year of virtual fundraisers we can’t wait to see our supporters in person again.
“We have missed the buzz of group events and are really looking forward to making some everlasting memories with those taking part.”
The event is being hosted by the training and events organisation, Time 4 Change.
A Halton Haven spokesman said Cliff Mann, founder of Time 4 Change, has 20 years of experience as a fire-walking instructor, and shows participants how to be in the right state of mind to safely walk across the hot coals or broken glass.
Cliff has appeared on multiple radio and television programs, such as GMTV Inch Loss Island, The House of Fear and Record Breakers, where he broke the European record for the longest Firewalk.
Fundraising events have started returning to some semblance of normality allowing Halton Haven the chance to bounce back, raise funds and get to doing what they do best.
The hospice has offered its gratitude for all of the support that the community, near and far, has given.
They are hoping that participants will be able to raise sponsorship, but it is possible to take part without doing so.
Halton Haven Hospice, in Runcorn, Cheshire, provides free specialist palliative care to people from Halton and the surrounding areas who are living with terminal conditions.