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My story

 
Thank you for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I’m due to travel to Dharamsala, in the Indian Himalaya, in mid-November 2009 to go on trek for a fortnight to raise funds for The EllenorLions Hospices Charity.

 

The trek begins with an audience with the Dalai Lama, and the expedition follows the Uhl River, taking in Hindu settlements and isolated Buddhist monasteries.

 

Many of you will be familiar with this excellent organisation which provides specialist hospice care to over 2,500 children and adults each year within the North West Kent and South East London area - both in the community and in the 15-bed Lions Hospice. I have worked closely with specialist nurses and doctors from ‘The Ellenor’ in my time in Dartford and appreciate the superb work they do.

 

Like all charities they are stressed in the current financial climate and I felt that anything I could do to help raise funding for and awareness of their work would be well worthwhile. I have taken on the Lead Cancer Clinician role at Darent Valley Hospital this year and I guess this is a perfect opportunity for me to see how far (and high) I can push my 50-something year old frame while raising as much money for ‘The Ellenor’ as possible.

 

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 EllenorLions Hospices Charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer.

I would like to invite all my family, friends and acquaintances – from Kent, South East London, Galway, UCG, King’s Liver Unit, the RAMC, NACT, BSG, ‘The Club’, ‘Irish’, Fawkham Manor and ‘The Blackheath’ - to contribute to this good cause.

 

So please dig deep and donate now,

Walter

Donation by anonymous 02/01/10  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Happy to support your efforts and every good wish for your trek. Donation by Roger Smith 15/12/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

A very worthy cause. Well done. Donation by Rebecca King 08/12/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done. A fantastic experience for a very worthy cause. Donation by Riyaz Shah 02/12/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Best of luck, Gloria Donation by Gloria Yu 30/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Walter, Best of Luck with Dalai Lama. Donation by Phauda Thebe 22/11/09  

£80.00 + £22.56 Gift Aid

Best of luck in your excellent adventure. Donation by Mike and Anna Thilagarajah 13/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck Walter and i look forward to hearing about it on your return Donation by Susan Acott 11/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Dr. Melia - You've walked on water for my wife and I over the past 25 years (Army & 'Civvy' Street). Walk the Himalayas in safety Donation by Brian & Patience Beaton 09/11/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Happy to support my "Personal Physician" .... with love from Megan (& Diana & Joe) x Donation by Diana Lau 04/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck with your trek to India. Donation by Kashmir Sinde 03/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good Luck, Daddy. Not long now! Have an amazing time and make sure you take lots of pictures xx Donation by Hannah & Ewan 30/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Great cause and happy birthday for the 7th. Have a great trip. Donation by Tom Sheldon 29/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Jamie Tweddell 22/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck Rem x Donation by Remnique Srai 12/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Darent Valley has looked after my sister very well this year. I wish you well with your expedition. Donation by Ronald Mackenzie 09/10/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Walter you helped me and the boys out so much over the years at Blackheath rfc so this is the least i can do. Good luck Donation by neil marnham 03/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Hey Pops, try not to get too lost on the Hindu Kush and I'll see you back in the UK in January rather then in Afghanistan in November. W x Donation by Will Melia 03/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

All the best from the both of us. Take care and don't fall off the mountain! Donation by Philip Mairs and Izzy Woodman 30/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good Luck with your trek - it sounds very interesting but hard work. Hope your training is going well. Donation by Marilyn Ballisat 21/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Donation by Peter Cottrell 21/09/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

good luck walter. take the metronidazole with you not many toilets in the mountains!! Donation by midhat siddiqui 21/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck. x Donation by Lucy Melia 19/09/09  

£25.00

Donated by the Partners Downs Way Medical Practice - Dr Jayesh Patel and partners - good luck! Donation by Keith Fuller 15/09/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Very best of luck Walter - Donation by Sarah Dunnett 10/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

May the wind always be on your back and may the blisters be small! Donation by Helen Clayton 09/09/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Enjoy the trek. Alec and Angela Donation by Angela Fitzgerald O'Connor 08/09/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Donation by Liz Whitmore 08/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Have a great trip! Donation by Ian Jones 07/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

This will be a fantastic experience - enjoy. Tena Walters Donation by Tena Walters 03/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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