Charities

West Okement crossing on the Dartmoor Forest Boundary Walk

Listed below are the charities that we have raised money for and will continue to do so thanks to the generosity of friends and family!

Please take some time to find out more about these worthy causes and get a better understanding of what your donation is going to.

Himalayan Cultural Conservation
Epilepsy Action
Bobby Moore Fund For Cancer Research
The Martlets Hospice

Himalayan Cultural Conservation (Hi-Cap UK)

Contact Details:

Freda Casagrande
1 Larch Close, Colchester, CO4 3NR, United Kingdom.
Tel: 01206 791591
Mobile : 0796 8524379
Email: freda@himalayanculturalconservation.org
URL: www.himalayanculturalconservation.org/

Hi-Cap UK are devoted to the Orphans and families of the Mustang area of the Himalayas. Their hopes and plans are to improve their lives by providing, to as many of them as possible, shelter, food, improved health and basic education, eventually training them to earn a basic living to help others in the area, at the same time retaining their culture.

• To advance the education of the public in the history, culture and practices of the Lomanthang and Mustang area.

• The relief of sickness and the promotion of good health for the children and adults of the Nepalese region of Lomanthang and Mustang area.

• To relieve poverty and advance education in Lomanthang and Mustang, particularly for the children, and assist in setting up and maintaining an orphanage to help achieve this objective.

Events: Annapurna Base Camp 2009.

Epilepsy Action

Contact Details:

New Anstey House, Gate Way Drive, Yeadon, Leeds, LS19 7XY, United Kingdom
Tel: 0113 210 8800
Fax: 0113 391 0300
Email: epilepsy@epilepsy.org.uk
URL: www.epilepsy.org.uk

Epilepsy Action is the leading representative epilepsy organisation in the UK, helping over 365,000 people a year.

As well as campaigning to improve epilepsy services and raise awareness of the condition, they offer assistance to people in a number of ways including a national network of branches, accredited volunteers, regular regional conferences and freephone and email help lines.

Events: Ben Nevis Challenge 2003, West Highland Way 2004, Great Glen Way 2005, Dartmoor Forest Boundary 2007, Devon Coast to Coast Trail 2008, The Overland Track 2010.

Bobby Moore Fund For Cancer Research

Contact Details:

P.O. Box 123, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX
Tel: 020 7121 6699
Fax: 020 7269 3100
Email:
URL: www.cancerresearchuk.org/bobbymoorefund/

The funds are spent on high-quality bowel cancer research carried out by leading scientists working across the UK. The money raised to date has funded 17 Bobby Moore Research Fellowships, a new bowel cancer laboratory at St Mark's Hospital in London and 3 additional research projects.

Events: Ridgeway National Trail 2006.

Martlets Hospice

Contact Details:

Wayfield Avenue, Hove, BN3 7LW, United Kingdom
Tel: 01273 273400
Fax: n/a
Email:
URL: www.themartletshospice.co.uk

The Hospice offers expert and compassionate care. Their aim is to enhance the quality of life and ease the distress of patients suffering from cancer and other serious conditions and for whom curative treatment is no longer appropriate.

The Hospice operates on a full-time basis throughout the year. In-patient care and Martlets @ Home care is delivered on a 24-hour, 7-days a week basis. The Day Hospice operates Monday to Thursday each week and Bereavement Support is offered by appointment.

The Hospice plays a vital role in the journey from life to death and hospice care is about helping people to live life as fully as possible right up until the end. What they do is very simple and very human. It is not difficult to see how necessary the hospice is, nor to realise how much you or your family would value their support should you need them in the future.

Events: Great Glen Way 2005.