Katherine Rogers
Kathy's One Day Challenge
Fundraising for University of Sheffield
Story
So I'll be joining the University's Big Walk again in 2016 - but only for the One Day Challenge, which follows the TransPennine trail from Tankersley back into Sheffield (on one of its little spurs!) - approx 18 miles. In order to make it a little more challenging, and in memory of a very hot and long training walk to Leeds last summer, I'll be running 10 miles out first, to the start at Tankersley. Anyone who knows me will know that I'll find getting out of bed before 8am even more difficult than the distance.
Thanks for taking the time to visit my Big Walk 2016 JustGiving page. More information about The Big Walk 2016 can be found at www.shef.ac.uk/big-walk
The Big Walk 2016 combines two key events - The Trans Pennine Trail and the One Day Walking Challenge. 2 teams of 10 staff from the University will each be walking over 120 miles from 12-17 June to Sheffield on the Trans Pennine Trail, one team from the west coast in Southport and the other from the east coast in Hornsea. They will meet in Tankersley, north of Sheffield on Day 5.
I will be part of the One Day Challenge team of staff, students, alumni and friends who will join the TPT teams and walk the 18 miles back to the University campus the following day, Friday 17 June.
Funds raised through the Big Walk will be used to support refugee academics and students at the University, to demonstrate our solidarity with refugees and to show that refugees are welcome at our University and in our city. Our University is a University of Sanctuary and this has been our tradition since this institution was founded.
Funds raised through the Big Walk 2016 will be used in the following ways:
• Supporting at-risk academics: We have strong links with a number of programmes to support at-risk academics, including the Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund and the Council for At-Risk Academics (CARA) - a charity which helps academics in immediate danger, those forced into exile. Through these partnerships, the University of Sheffield can host academics, giving them a place of safety and the financial and practical help to continue their careers until such as time as they can return home.
• Students seeking refuge or asylum: The University offers fully funded undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships for refugees including those seeking asylum in the UK. Throughout 2016 we will be raising funds to increase this support.
Thank you for supporting the Big Walk 2016.
Donating through Just Giving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with Just Giving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the University. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the University.
I will be part of the One Day Challenge team of staff, students, alumni and friends who will join the TPT teams and walk the 18 miles back to the University campus the following day, Friday 17 June.
Funds raised through the Big Walk will be used to support refugee academics and students at the University, to demonstrate our solidarity with refugees and to show that refugees are welcome at our University and in our city. Our University is a University of Sanctuary and this has been our tradition since this institution was founded.
Funds raised through the Big Walk 2016 will be used in the following ways:
• Supporting at-risk academics: We have strong links with a number of programmes to support at-risk academics, including the Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund and the Council for At-Risk Academics (CARA) - a charity which helps academics in immediate danger, those forced into exile. Through these partnerships, the University of Sheffield can host academics, giving them a place of safety and the financial and practical help to continue their careers until such as time as they can return home.
• Students seeking refuge or asylum: The University offers fully funded undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships for refugees including those seeking asylum in the UK. Throughout 2016 we will be raising funds to increase this support.
Thank you for supporting the Big Walk 2016.
Donating through Just Giving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with Just Giving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the University. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the University.
