Move4Matt is Leicester’s way of engaging people in some form of physical activity celebration as the Matt Hampson Trust Fundraising Committee, set off on their annual charity walk to Twickenham that will see the mighty Tigers in the final once again! More details at www.walk4matt.org

The people of Leicester have really taken www.move4matt.com to their hearts with a football competition on the 16th of May and Schools across the county and schools doing some great fundraising challenges such as a Conga4Matt where 400 pupils took part!

Please do check out the website below for the pictures and further news!

http://www.move4matt.com/news.html

Staff at LCC are between Monday 24th May - Friday 18th June 2010 holding the Staff Pedomter challenge to support Matt and his supported causes

At present, 300 lucky staff have the opportunity to assess whether they can rise to the challenge of walking their way to an healthier lifestyle by taking part in the four week Move4Matt Pedometer Team Challenge which will start on Monday 24th May 2010 and finish on Friday 18th June 2010. This physical activity challenge also provides those service teams the added incentive and motivation of raising much needed funds for the Matt Hampson Trust and Matt's supported charities which include the RPA Benevolent Fund and SpecialEffect of which Matt is Patron and which seek's to transforms lives for young ople with disabilties via ground breaking technology. Check out the short music video below to show you the transformational difference that your donation or participation in any of the Move4Matt initatives can have!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3UT79TLwBUd

It would be fantastic if you would consider supporting our fundraising efforts with a donation.

 

Matt Hampson

As many of you know Matt was a highly promising rugby player who suffered a catastrophic neck injury in a training accident with the England Under-21 team, in March 2005.  Paralysed from the neck down, and unable to breathe without a ventilator, he spent over a year at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, before returning home.  He's refused to let his condition affect his appetite for life, and he's amazed and inspired everyone, with his courage, determination and cheerfulness.

On top of running his own rugby memorabilia company, he's earnt his Grade 1 coaching badges, he's a busy rugby journalist, he's patron of the charity SpecialEffect, which helps severely  disabled children, and he's the Ambassador for the RPA Benevolent Fund. He sees his high profile as the chance to raise awareness of spinal injuries, and he's committed  to helping  fund research, and to assist and advise other people with injuries similar to his own. 

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