Sandstone Trail Challenge | John Heath

We've been fundraising again...

On 1st October 2011 a team from John Heath Insurance successfully completed the entire length of the Sandstone Trail in Cheshire. This is a gorgeous 34 mile stretch of hills in the Cheshire countryside from Frodsham to Whitchurch. We started at 5:45am and finished some 15 and a half hours later at 9:15pm!

The team looking a little weary at the end!
The team (from left): Stephen Heath, Philip Heath, Daniel Dodd and Hayden Long

A bit about the Wingate Centre

The Wingate Centre is a local charity suppoting people with disabilities. The Wingate Centre rely heavily on local fundraising events to help fund their excellent centre and facilities.

Firstly, the Wingate Centre offers educational, residential and holiday facilities.

Being based in a rural part of South Cheshire makes them an ideal holiday location with many interesting places to visit in the area. The excellent accommodation is specifically designed and equipped for disabled and special needs groups. Mainstream groups are also most welcome.

Accommodation comprises nine wheelchair accessible ground floor twin bedrooms with hand basins, with a full range of disabled bathrooms, shower rooms, toilets and sluice room. There is also a lounge/ TV room and games room. Further accommodation and facilities including two further lounges are available on the first floor which has 2 lifts for access, and can cater for up to thirty guests.

Secondly, the Wingate Centre has a 'GymMark' accredited gymnasium one of the first 100 in the UK to reach this level of professionalism.

It provides gymnastic and trampoline training for recreation and competition to all ages and levels of disability and ability. Their superb 7,000 square foot gymnasium offers classes for both mainstream and disabled people with a policy of integration whenever possible.

They can cater for all from the severely disabled who use gymnastics as therapy to those competing at National level.