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Hi All. With a number of my work colleagues I have signed up to the Samworth Brothers Charity Challenge, which is now fast approaching in June! We won’t know until the day of the event what it entails exactly but it certainly won’t be easy! We’re expecting a triathlon style event, with canoeing in open water, mountain biking through treacherous terrain and hiking/running in Devon.
We will be raising money for The Christie (https://www.christie.nhs.uk/) which is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, based in Manchester. Responsible for numerous clinical breakthroughs and ‘world firsts’, it has changed the scope and direction of cancer treatments over the last 100 years.
The triathlon style event, which happens every two years, has raised more than £1.9 million for charity over the past decade. At the 2017 event in the Lake District more than 100 teams of four from Samworth Brothers businesses, customers and suppliers participated raising a total of £385,000 for good causes. More than 75 charities benefited from the 2017 event including national charities such as Cancer Research UK, Diabetes UK, Epilepsy Society, Help for Heroes, Macmillan Cancer Support and Muscular Dystrophy UK, plus local charities, close to Samworth Brothers businesses, including Children’s Hospice South West, Merlin MS Centre (Cornwall), Cornwall Air Ambulance, Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance, Wishes4Kids (Leicestershire), LOROS Hospice (Leicestershire) and Chicks, (Country Holidays for Inner City Kids, South West).
I'd be grateful if you could go to my Just Giving page and support the cause with a small donation – every little helps!