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Having eventually fully recuperated from last year’s grueling but enormously successful Caledonian Challenge the Macdonald & Company team are preparing to undertake the mammoth task of walking the course of Hadrian’s Wall. The Hadrian's Wall National Trail is an unbroken 84 mile trail stretching from coast to coast, from Wallsend in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west.  It passes through the Northumberland National Park, farmland and salt marsh of the Solway Estuary. We are planning to walk the section of the trail between Newcastle and Carlisle in only 2 days, approximately 60 miles- well in excess of a marathon each day!

 

This will be a stand-alone challenge undertaken by Macdonald & Company to raise money for the Elifar Foundation - our chosen company charity. The Elifar Foundation is a charity run almost entirely by volunteers. It aims to help improve the care, facilities and equipment available mainly to profoundly disabled children and young adults, whether living at home or in residential care. We support Elifar because it is so small every penny we raise makes a real difference.

 

This is an outstanding opportunity for a number of Macdonald & Company/Prime People staff to undertake what is regarded as one of the most arduous long distance challenges in the country. The team includes: Peter Moore, Simon Murphy, Simon Scrivens, Andy Cunliffe, Phil Percival, Chris Shearmon, Clare Doughty, Ben Miller, Tom Primrose, Gavin Grubb, Jamie Allaway, Cathy Keeling, Tiago Ivo Martinho, Camilla Brailey, Richard Parrett, Tom Thompson, Georgina Wilson-Watson, Andrew Posner, Freddie Bulgin, Darren Hall, Chobe Brown, Sam Jones, Matt Terry, Andrew Mackenzie, Christina Fitzgerald, Mike Magill, James Boyd, Charlotte Murdoch.

 

Please give generously to help encourage and motivate these willing volunteers to complete the challenge successfully! Please dig deep and sponsor us online.  Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor us. Elifar Foundation will receive your money faster and, if you are a taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

 

My charity

The Elifar Foundation

The Elifar Foundation

Charity Registration No. 1072874

The Elifar Foundation aims to help improve the quality of life of disabled children and adults by making grants for specialised equipment and respite, which cannot be funded by statutory means.

Donations 248

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Good Luck Sam, you'll need it.

Donation by Chris Carr on 05/07/11

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Good luck Andy and Clare - can't wait to hear the stories and see the blisters! Hope you both make the distance, will be thinking of you!

Donation by Nina zeilerbauer on 05/07/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck Clarice and Andy Capp. Make sure those Scots aren't getting over the wall!

Donation by Shep on 05/07/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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For Clarebear and Andypants, best of luck to you both! Tam

Donation by Tamara Lecky-Thompson on 05/07/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Hey Tommy T! Good luck buddy, do us proud ;-) Dan, Em and Esme x

Donation by Daniel Cutler on 05/07/11

£20.00

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You can do it Sam Jones, I believe in you! xx

Donation by William Gooch on 05/07/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Andrew Posner is my favourite Grandson. From Granny Posner.

Donation by Molly Posner on 05/07/11

£60.00

+ £15.00 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Sam Jones, you are the best and I hope you win the race!! xxx

Donation by Conor Huw Galbraith Smith on 05/07/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck Cam!!! I'll be thinking of you on 16th, in fact I'll be hiking in training for my 100km in August for Oxfam. Enjoy and avoid blisters! Rx

Donation by Rachel Cornish on 05/07/11

£20.00

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Good luck Christina x

Donation by Maureen McCann on 04/07/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Jamie!! Love Lizzi and Russ xx

Donation by Liz Allaway on 04/07/11

£20.00

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Percival - good luck Doc, get those knees up!

Donation by Julie Bremner on 04/07/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Posner.Enjoy your little stroll.

Donation by chris Morris on 04/07/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Donation by William Arveschoug on 04/07/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck Camilla. 60 miles is a very very long way!!!!

Donation by Michael Phillips on 04/07/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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andrew posner = dancing queen

Donation by William Arveschoug on 04/07/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Georgina Wilson Watson Good Luck on the walk. x

Donation by Keith Watson on 04/07/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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What a hero! Go Chris

Donation by Anonymous on 04/07/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Go Sam, you can do it as long as you get some early nights beforehand! Love Mum

Donation by Alison Rigg on 04/07/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Chris!

Donation by Sybilla Harvey on 04/07/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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GOOD LUCK TT MAKE SURE YOU BREAK THOSE BOOTS IN SOME MORE BEFORE YOU GO ;0)

Donation by JOHNY G on 04/07/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck TT. Sorry it's not much x

Donation by Laura Yates on 04/07/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck to you all. Don't forget the blister kit, Phil!

Donation by Jane Palfrey on 04/07/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Kelly Woodham on 04/07/11

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Looking forward to the photos of you wearing high-heels on Hadrian's Wall George! Make sure you pack the Compeed blister plasters.

Donation by David Watson on 04/07/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£7,412.40
  • Offline donations£330.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£7,742.40
  • Gift Aid£1,331.75

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