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I am going to be walking the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on Saturday, July 3^rd, raising money for the British Hen Welfare Trust in the process.

This challenging 26 mile hike will incorporate the three highest mountains in the Yorkshire Dales - Pen-y-Ghent (2,277ft), Whernside (2,415ft) and Ingleborough (2,375ft) and I’ll be aiming to complete the course within 12 hours.

Every penny I raise will be donated to the British Hen Welfare Trust, a Devon-based, national charity that re-homes commercial laying hens, educates the public about how they can make a difference to hen welfare, and encourages support for the British egg industry. Its ultimate aim is to see consumers and food manufacturers buying only UK produced free-range eggs, resulting in a strong British egg industry where all commercial laying hens enjoy a good quality life.

The BHWT has found caring, free-range retirement homes for almost 200,000 ex-battery hens destined for slaughter at the end of their commercial laying life, and has hen collection points all over the country.

The BHWT has become very close to my heart in the 2 years since I began to re-home my own beautiful “ex-bats”. Giving my hens a loving home and glorious, new-found freedom has been such a rewarding experience and I’m thrilled to be doing the 3 Peaks Challenge in support of this tremendous cause. Every penny I raise will go towards giving some of the 16 million hens still laying cheap eggs in tiny cages that same gift of a happy life outdoors, whilst supporting British free-range farmers.

HERE’S WHAT YOUR DONATIONS PAY FOR:

£7 - Bale of hen bedding
£12 - 20kg sack of poultry feed
£15 - Transport carrier for poorly hens
£25 - 30L Water drinker
£30 - Poultry crate
£32 - Poultry feeder
£225 - Custom made tarpaulin (for the BHWT trailers)
£300 - Small hen house
£500 - Medium hen house
£1200 - Trailer for transporting hens from farms to collection points, where they can go home and begin a new life!

Thank you for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page and to those of you who would like to support me – THANK YOU SO MUCH – your support is massively appreciated!

For more information, visit www.bhwt.org.uk

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

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