After 13 weeks of lockdown life, how much do you fancy lacing up your walking boots, getting out in the open and taking on a challenge with a difference?
Well, we’ve got just the thing for you in the form of our new charity fundraising campaign – Metro.co.uk Lifeline. With your help, we are supporting The Hygiene Bank; an amazing charity that looks after families in desperate need of every day essentials.
To raise vital funds for them, we’ve organised a sponsored 26-mile hike across London which will not only offer the opportunity to really push yourself, but also take crucial steps in supporting people affected by poverty along the way.
How to join Metro.co.uk Lifeline's 2020 Challenge
- Register your interest by completing the details in the form provided
- A member of Metro.co.uk's team will be in touch with you regarding your application
- If you are accepted on the trek, you will be asked to pay a £35 deposit
- Once accepted, all we ask is for you to pledge to raise £250 minimum for The Hygiene Bank. Good luck!
Taking place on Saturday 19 September 2020, to tie in with National Hygiene Week (14-20 September) and starting in north London, our specially-created route explores 10 of the city’s hidden ‘Peaks’ and covers a variety of terrain from footpaths to forest.
In fact, this unique challenge also promises to take our team of trekkers through beautiful woodland, thriving nature reserves and quieter spaces of London that they never knew existed.
From the off, we’ll enjoy unexpected views as we conquer each secret summit along the way of the ‘London Loop’ and our brilliant adventure will end with a well-deserved socially distant drink at a pub. (Along with that warm and fuzzy feeling that you’ve done something pretty amazing for charity.)
If that wasn’t enough, we’ve already recruited some well-known faces to join us, including Meg Matthews, MP Dawn Butler, TV stylist Kat Farmer and broadcaster and journalist Charlie Webster, with more names to be confirmed nearer the date.
Of course, social distancing is utmost on our minds, which is why we currently have limited places on our hike with just 100 spaces available.
All we expect from our trekkers in return for all this excitement is to raise a minimum of £250!
‘Each and every one of us should have a dignified life. It’s not right that feeling clean should be a luxury or a privilege for anyone in our society,’ explains Lizzy Hall, founder of The Hygiene Bank. ‘And that’s where the readers of Metro.co.uk come in. Yes, we want product donations, but we also need funds to keep on doing what we do. By signing up to this amazing challenge you’ll be raising money that will directly help us, help others.’
So, if this sounds right up your street after three months of being cooped up, please register your interest above by 6 July, 2020.
Good luck!
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Metro.co.uk Lifeline
This year sees the launch of our exciting new charity campaign: Metro.co.uk Lifeline. Our aim is simple - to raise as much money as possible for charity with YOUR help.
This year we have chosen to support The Hygiene Bank, a vital charity that helps distribute hygiene products for those most in need.
For more information about this year's hike organised by Charity Challenge, click here.
source https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/23/take-londons-10-peaks-help-tackle-hygiene-poverty-12400568/
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