Our Charity Challenge and how it works

Following our article in June’s Houghton and Wyton Parish Magazine and the great feedback we received from our stand at Houghton and Wyton Feast Week we would like to try and explain how our charity challenge works……

National charities raise significant funds from ‘event’ fundraising, usually organised treks, walks or bike rides – these are physical challenges. Everyone who takes part in these has to raise a minimum sponsorship of £3k, plus personally paying a registration fee. The sponsorship raised covers the remainder of the cost of the trip but more importantly raises money that the charity would not have received otherwise. In the case of PANTS we decided we wanted to undertake work for an African community rather than a physical challenge, so we’re donating our time and ‘skills’ to help build a school in Namibia, which we can only do through raising money for our nominated charities, the Parkinson’s Disease Society and the Alzheimer’s Society.