5K Team Challenge Race 2010

5K Team Challenge Race 2010!

On Sunday 12th September 2010 over 700 athletes lined Liverpool's waterfront to take part in this year's 5K Challenge. This included 50 teams representing local law firms running to raise money for charities including Help for Heroes and the Liverpool Mombasa Access to Justice Project.

The runners were yet again treated to a sunny day with supporters clapping and cheering them along the way. They were greeted at the finish line by Andrew Holroyd CBE and Charlie Jones, both former Presidents of Liverpool Law Society, who distributed medals on behalf of the Liverpool Mombasa Access to Justice Project.

Congratulations to all those who took part. The winners in the following divisional prize categories within the legal sector are as follows:

• First Female from the Legal Community is Stephanie Tittershill from Weightmans with a time of 21.05
• First Male from the Legal Community is Sean McCann from EAD with a time of 18.35
• First Legal Team goes to EAD1, Sarah Armstrong, Sean McCann, Chris McNaughton and Thom Vaughan

For further details on the run and your teams finishing time please visit

http://www.runliverpool.org.uk/TeamChall.php

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Many thanks to those who raised money for the Society's two nominated charities.  A cheque for £936 was presented by the President Richard Paton to Ian Williams, Help For Heroes County Co-ordinator on 7th December 2010, and a cheque for £604.03 was presented to Anne Heseltine, Director of the Liverpool Mombasa Access to Justice Project.

A letter of thanks from Help for Heroes

Dear Sarah Poblete,
H4H Ref: 2010070 1-1582-6209- 5K Team Challenge

Thank you so much for your donation of £936.00 to Help for Heroes. We appreciate every penny that comes in and we will ensure that it Is put to use providing support for the men and women who are injured in the service of our country.

When Emma and I decided to do our bit to help ‘the blokes’, the men and women of our Armed Forces, we had no idea that so many people felt the same as us. We are proud parents of a soldier and know what it Is to have him away fighting; we also know what it is like to see his friends injured with their lives changed forever. We cannot prevent these terrible injuries but by joining together with others in support, we can do something positive and help them on the road to recovery.

We have already been able to fund the Headley Court Rehabilitation Complex, assist other Service charities such as Combat Stress and SSAFA in their excellent work and helped fund adaptive sports through the Battle Back programme.

The next project for H4H, which your donation will go towards, aims to ensure those wounded in the line of duty get the very best support; for life. H4H is working with the Services, to establish a Recovery Capability that will not just ensure that those who leave get jobs, but that they have access to a comprehensive range of support; from learning new skills to access of psychological financial, employment, prosthetic and social support - a “one stop welfare shop” for our wounded and their families.

Our work is by no means over, there is a great deal to do but your contribution will make a great difference to the lives of some very special people. On behalf of all of us at H4H and all those who we will help, thank you.

With thanks
Bryn Parry OBE
Emma Parry OBE
Co Founders Help for Heroes

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