Swimmers raised over £4000 in Great North Swim

Brave Henshaws challengers took to the cold water of Windermere to take part in the Great North Swim.  About 10,000 people had signed up for the three-day event which they could choose to do a half-mile, one-mile or a two-mile swim.  The weather was typically English, with rain for most of the day but that didn’t stop the 22 people who swam for us raising almost £4,000 between them by completing the swim.

Annie Berrington, one of our Swimmers said of the event “I really enjoyed the experience, we were in the first wave of swims when the rain was chucking it down, but it didn't really matter as we were getting wet anyway!”

Henshaws were pleased with the turnout, despite the event being cancelled last year.  Hannah Saxon, Community Fundraiser said “We were delighted to have so many people swimming for us, and for them to raise almost £4000 is just fantastic, the feedback we’ve had from our swimmers has been so positive, and we hope that many more people will consider taking part next year.”

Many people had their own personal reasons for taking part, Anne said,  “I was pleased to be able to raise some sponsorship money for Henshaws.  My niece, who was born blind, has benefited from your independent living courses in the past.  In fact now she has left school and doing a year out teaching English in Germany so raising this money is my tribute to her determination to live life to the full.”

Visit http://www.henshaws.org.uk/get-involved/ or contact fundraising@henshaws.org.uk 0161 872 1234 to see how you can take part in future challenge events.