Henry Timmis, an associate director at Savills, hit the slopes with the Supporting Wounded Veterans charity as part of its 2019 Veterans Skihabilitation week and raised more than £4,400.
The charity, which helps medically discharged wounded veterans get back into civilian life, took 26 former soldiers on a trip to Switzerland to help improve their quality of life and rehabilitation.
The week of skiing allows veterans to embark upon a new path to fitness and wellbeing, and makes up a small part of their rehabilitation. As part of the scheme they are given a mentor and offered a pain management programme to ensure they receive the correct help to return to employment or training.
To donate to Supporting Wounded Veterans, visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/henry-timmis
Audley helps Dove to fly
Audley Group has raised £15,000 for the Dove Ward at the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund.
Since the beginning of the year, Audley Villages has beetn fundraising for the Great Western Hospitals charity Brighter Futures, raising funds for the radiotherapy appeal and the cancer improvements at the hospital.
Fundraising events have taken place across all Audley retirement villages and included a nationwide bake-off, a 13-mile night trek through Leamington Spa and the sale of orange ribbon pins to raise awareness of leukaemia.
Robinson’s desert race challenge
LandSec chartered surveyor Joe Robinson and his sister Grace Gilbert are taking on the 34th Marathon des Sables for the charity Walk Once More.
The event is a gruelling multi-stage ultra-marathon in the Sahara Desert, where temperatures reach more than 50 degrees Celsius. The duo will race for more than 156 miles in what is dubbed the toughest footrace on earth.
The extreme endeavour will mark 10 years since Joe was involved in a near-fatal car accident which claimed the life of his friend. Having undergone a long and arduous recovery, his commitment to the challenge is part of an aspiration to say ‘thank you’, and to repay the medical care he received they will be running the challenge for the spinal cord charity Walk Once More.
He has already doubled his original target and has raised more than £20,000 for charity to date. To donate, visit https://siblingsinthesahara.co.uk
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