Hello my name is Dave Brain and I am going to complete the three peaks challenge starting at 9am on Saturday the 5th of October 2024. I will be attempting this challenge with 5 others who are Conor Scott, Scott Lees, Richard Bright, Joshua Gough and Kieran Tarrant.

The Three Peaks Challenge is a popular trekking event in the UK that involves climbing the highest peaks in Scotland, England, and Wales within 24 hours. The challenge involves climbing Ben Nevis in Scotland (1,345 m), Scafell Pike in England (978 m), and Snowdon in Wales (1,085 m) in one go.

As a group we will be raising money for multiple causes. When the challenge is complete and the money you lovely people have donated is in, I will distribute it to each cause.

The Charities:

The Wiltshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust is a registered charity providing an essential Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) in Wiltshire, Bath and surrounding areas.

They are very personal to me as my dad had a cardiac arrest two years ago and without them he might not be here today.

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity supports families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness. As many will know my best friends daughter Ruby was diagnosed with an Optic Nerve Glioma in March last year and has endured just over a year of gruelling chemo, blood and platelet transfusions, tests, MRI scans and just about as many hospital visits as humanly possible. Coupled with this, as long as we raise a good amount for the charities, we will look to donate to his personal go fund me page so they can take her away for a much needed trip to Disneyland.

It’s in the Bag is a charity for testicular cancer which helped Scott Lees a few years ago when he had it himself. Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in men aged 15 to 45. Yet, for many young and middle-aged guys, it’s not even on their radar. Over 2,500 men are diagnosed with testicular cancer in the UK, but it is over 96% curable and, when detected early, requires less treatment. Nevertheless, many men don’t like to talk about their balls and find it a struggle to go to the GP. We would like to encourage men to check themselves regularly and feel confident to see a GP if they have any concerns.