To support The Gurkha Welfare Trust the Alpha¹ Management Team have decided (perhaps rather ambitiously) to take on the challenging 100km Oxfam Trailwalker. 

The Trailwalker is an endurance challenge with the aim being to get our team of four, 100km across the South Downs in under 30 hours (good luck I hear you cry!)  Set up by the legendary Gurkhas, who are celebrating 200 years as part of the British Army this year, Trailwalker is the ultimate physical and mental challenge.

Why are we doing this to ourselves?  In early 2015, having pledged our commitment to the armed forces community, Alpha¹ went into partnership with The Gurkha Welfare Trust.  The GWT is the leading Gurkha charity, providing financial, medical and development aid to Gurkha veterans, their families and communities. 

For more info on the GWT - https://www.gwt.org.uk/Default.aspx

Nepalese Earthquake

Following the disastrous Nepalese earthquakes, the GWT have done all they can to help both in the UK with fundraising activities and on the ground in Nepal; making facilities available around the country to assist and support relief efforts.  Their teams have been working around the clock to contribute to aid efforts and to respond to the disastrous aftermath.  The GWT has also set up an earthquake response fund in order to assist Gurkha beneficiaries, their families and the wider communities. 

We are honoured to work alongside the Gurkha Welfare Trust and proud to be affiliated with such a worthwhile and supportive organisation and it is this belief in the incredible work they do which has formed our decision to embark on this challenge.

Please support our team and the GWT!!!  Any donation big or small are much appreciated.

Many thanks,

Rory, Houdah, Carl, Caroline and the whole of the Alpha 1 Team!!