Two local ladies take a long walk for two amazing local charities
On 28th May, two local ladies will be undertaking a 100km walk from London to Brighton to fundraise for two local charities – Families For Autism and Children’s Respite Trust.
Pictured are Mark Jones, CEO, Families For Autism; Mina O’Brien, Ditzy Media; Penny Morgan, Project Search; Gavin Fisher, CE of Children’s Respite Trust
Mina O’Brien, of Ditzy Media and Penny Morgan of Project Search EDGH have been training since late February and have already undertaken well over 100km in training for the walk.
The walk is labelled as an Ultra Challenge and is organised by Action Challenge. It will be a non stop walk from Richmond leaving at approx. 7am with an anticipated arrival into Brighton around lunchtime on the Sunday.
Mina O’Brien is fundraising for Families For Autism, a local charity established over 5 years that has been helping and providing support to families of children and young adults with Autism across East Sussex. To sponsor Mina and support Families For Autism see:
https://www.justgiving.com/WalkingforFamiliesForAutism
Penny Morgan is fundraising for Children’s Respite Trust, a local charity founded in 2010 that provides respite and support to families of disabled children across Sussex and Kent. To sponsor Penny and support Children’s Respite Trust see:
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/PennyM
Mark Jones, CEO for Families For Autism said “Thank you Mina and Penny for choosing to fundraise for two great charities. Your amazing hard work and efforts will help to fund services and support, that Families for Autism currently provide to autistic children and young people within Eastbourne and East Sussex. Good luck from all of us and our thoughts will be with you throughout your challenge”.
Gavin Fisher, Chief Executive of Children’s Respite Trust said “We are so grateful to Mina and Penny for taking on this challenge to raise funds for the Children’s Respite Trust. Every penny they raise will make a difference to our efforts to make life better for disabled children and their families locally and we wish them both every success for their trek.”
For more information on the great work of these local charities see:
Families For Autism: http://www.familiesforautism.com
Children’s Respite Trust: http://www.crtcharity.org
