Great North Swim – free places!

Henshaws will pay the entry fee for enthusiastic swimmer who wish to take part in the Great North Swim, to be held on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th June 2011 at Lake Windermere.

The Great North Swim is the UK’s biggest swimming event. You can experience the thrill of a 1 mile open-water outdoor swim, safe in the knowledge that expert kayakers and safety boats are with you every stroke of the way.

For a chance of a free place participants are asked to commit to raising £150 in sponsorship (as a minimum – of course we'd be delighted with anything more!)

By joining Team Henshaws you will receive:

FREE beautiful orange t-shirt to wear over your wetsuit

Fundraising support and encouragement from our dedicated team

Fundraising pack, including fundraising ideas, help and support, and general information about Henshaws

Regular email updates and race information

The chance to feature on our website!

 

For further information click here to download our flyer, or call or email the fundraising team:

01423 814501 or fundraising@henshaws.org.uk

 

To join Team Henshaws, click here for an application form.

 

If you already have a place, but you would like to raise money for Henshaws, get in touch and we will send you a fundraising pack and a snazzy orange t-shirt!

 

 

 

Here's what the money you raise could do:

£5 could pay for a swimming lesson for a visually impaired child

£10 could help pay for materials a student needs to take part in a weekly Arts & Crafts Centre workshop

£25 could pay for route or long cane training for someone who is isolated

£45 would allow a whole family living with sight loss to enjoy a tobogganing trip

£125 would pay for the monthly travel costs of all students attending IT courses in Liverpool.