Thanks
for taking the time to visit my Big Walk 2016 JustGiving page. More information
about The Big Walk 2016 can be found at www.shef.ac.uk/big-walk

The
Big Walk 2016 combines two key events - The Trans Pennine Trail and the One Day
Walking Challenge.

2
teams of 10 staff from the University will each be walking over 120 miles from
12-17 June to Sheffield on the Trans Pennine Trail, one team from the west
coast in Southport and the other from the east coast in Hornsea. They will meet
in Tankersley, north of Sheffield on Day 5.

I
will be part of the One Day Challenge team of staff, students, alumni
and friends who will join the TPT teams and walk the 18 miles back to the
University campus the following day, Friday 17 June

Funds
raised through the Big Walk will be used to support refugee academics and
students at the University, to demonstrate our solidarity with refugees and to
show that refugees are welcome at our University and in our city. Our
University is a University of Sanctuary and this has been our tradition since
this institution was founded. 

Funds
raised through the Big Walk 2016 will be used in the following ways:

•       Supporting at-risk academics: We have
strong links with a number of programmes to support at-risk academics,
including the Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund and
the Council for At-Risk Academics (CARA) - 
a charity which helps academics in immediate danger, those forced into
exile. Through these partnerships, the University of Sheffield can host
academics, giving them a place of safety and the financial and practical help
to continue their careers until such as time as they can return home.

•       Students seeking refuge or asylum: The
University offers fully funded undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships for
refugees including those seeking asylum in the UK. Throughout 2016 we will be
raising funds to increase this support.

Thank
you for supporting the Big Walk 2016.

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