Erin Nash is fundraising for The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

Article 10 - Talybont Challenge 2008

Guide Dogs -Talybont Adventure Team 2008

on 20/09/2008

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Team members:

Dale, Lyndon, Claire, Erin, Josie, Lara, Melody, Sarah & Keith

Raising money for

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

Charity Registration No. in England and Wales 209617 and Scotland SC038979

The ability to get around is vital in order to live a full life yet thousands of blind and partially-sighted people never leave home alone. We empower visually-impaired people to live their lives how they want to.

We breed and train guide dogs which provide life changing mobility and there are currently 4,500 working guide dog partnerships in the UK. Guide dog owners only have to pay a nominal 50p for their dog to ensure no-one is prevented from having one due to lack of funds but the full lifetime cost of a guide dog from birth to retirement is £49,800. We rely on the support of the public to fund our services.

We also provide other mobility services such as rehabilitation and white cane training as well as campaign passionately to break down barriers – both physical and legal – to enable blind and partially-sighted people to get around on their own.

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Raised: 99%

Target: £4,500.00
Raised so far: £4,451.00

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After last year’s eventful weekend (read more here!), Article 10 are once again taking on the Talybont Challenge.

With the Article 10 team constantly expanding, this year we’ll be taking part as two (competing) teams! Lyndon and Dale will be going head-to-head with the partaking staff divided under their leadership.

So, it’s The Wildcats (Lyndon, Sarah, Erin, Melly & Keith) Vs Potter and The Pacemakers (Dale, Claire, Lara & Josie).

The 10 hour challenge involves a 10K hike through the stunning Welsh mountains to the summit of Waun Rydd, which is 762m above sea level. As well as a 26K mountain bike along the Taft Trail and rugged forest roads.

The money raised by the challenge goes to Guide Dogs for the Blind and we have a minimum target of £4,500…any help from you to reach this target will be hugely appreciated!

Please dig deep people and don't forget to state which team you're rooting for in your comment! :)

Love,

The Wildcats and Potter and The Pacemakers

	i always back the underdog so, erin's team, best of luck - have fun! Donation by Mike 02/06/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Go Wildcats! Restrain your inner 10 year old boy sense of adventure this time Erin Donation by Sian 01/06/08	£10.00
	Hey Erin, fingers crossed you keep out of trouble this time round.. fair play to ye all and best of Donation by Brian Lynch 01/06/08	£20.00
	Bonne chance Erin ! Donation by Liam 29/05/08	£10.00
	Guess which team I know will win! Donation by Melly's mummy 27/05/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	I literally had a dream last night that I gave Mel a tenner so... here it is. haha Good luck with it Donation by Renny Carroll 27/05/08	£10.00
	I want George AND Melody to win. Figure that out for me. Donation by murta 26/05/08	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Potter and team stand little chance.... Wildcats comin' at ya !!! (like Cleopatra) Donation by Chief Wildcat 26/05/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Common Potter & The Pacemakers! The rest of you please try and come back in one piece ;o) Donation by Nicholas Pires 24/05/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Go Melly! Donation by Anne Fox 23/05/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Go Potter & The Pacemakers! Donation by Nicola Wise 19/05/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£4,201.00
Offline donations:	£250.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£1,158.95

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Find out how much it is and what we do for it.