Charity
45 Mile Loaded march in aid of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Scribe: LCpl Kenyon
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he 1st Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment REME LAD conducted a 45-mile loaded march on 14th December 2021, in aid of raising funds for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. This money will help to fund life-saving equipment, vital research and healthcare innovation for children with critical and terminal illnesses.
Without donations, many of these outstanding facilities to help patients and families simply could not be provided. In support of the children’s charity we conducted a 45-mile loaded march carrying 20kg, starting at Dale Barracks in Chester making our way to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool via Runcorn. We then made our way to the Mersey tunnel traveling through Birkenhead and Wirral; marching through to the final leg of the journey back to Dale Barracks in Chester.
Left to right: LCpl Kenyon, Sgt Thompson, Sgt Smithers, LCpl Booth, Cpl Garbett, WO2 (AQMS) Cooke
Planned 45-mile route, from Chester to Runcorn (A), Liverpool (C) and back to Chester (F) 22 craftsmaneditor@reme-rhq.org.uk
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is a cause that I know is greatly respected throughout the community in the North-West for its commitment to our children’s wellbeing given over the years and it continues to do so. We all knew that this would be a difficult challenge, but the cause seems so worthy. This 15-hour event was completed by a 6-person team with a mobile administration / safety team on call. Through controlled social media outputs and personal advertising, the team set to raise as much money as possible to fund life-saving equipment; a total sum of £2,189 was raised.
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