# Charities offered places on Great South West Walk

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/11/15/charities-offered-places-great-south-west-walk/
- Published: 2012-11-15T00:14:13+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The South West Coast Path Association is offering other charities the chance to
take part in their Great South West Walk next Spring, so that they can raise funds
for their own causes. In return, the Association will relieve participating charities
of the logistics and administration involved in this kind of event.**

Charities that wish to take part can by a 'Golden Bond' to secure a place for a 
walker for £60 each.

The SWCPA hopes that this will enable charities, especially smaller charities that
could never take on organising an event like this, the chance to benefit from it.

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Ken Carter, Chairman of the Great South West Walk, said: "Throughout the year we
see various charities benefitting from walks around the South West Coast Path and
the organisation involved is considerable. With our Great South West Walk everything
is in place for the charities – from posters and registration forms to the website
and entry system. We will also deal with issues such as transport and insurance 
for walkers – leaving charities to just focus on the task of engaging supporters
for their own cause.”

He added: "The £60 from each Golden Bond will help cover our costs, as well as raise
some funds towards our own target of £250,000 for the Coast Path itself.

"Many take for granted that the path will always be there as a vital fundraising
tool, when in fact funding for its maintenance has shrunk in recent years. The £
250,000 that we are raising is for improvement projects to the path, over and above
general maintenance, to ensure it is accessible and of a surface safe to walk on
all year round.”

Golden Bonds must be purchased by 1 February 2013, and each charity’s walkers must
be registered with the SWCPA by 18 February.

Charities can choose to get involved with just one or several legs of the walk.

## About the Great South West Walk

The Great South West Walk, which celebrates the SWCPA’s 40th anniversary, takes 
place in April and May 2013 and will consist of a series of sponsored walks which
have been broken down into 56 legs. Done in relay, the legs will cover the entire
630 mile path around Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, as well as the Exmoor coast through
Somerset. 

Each leg will be guided by local experts, rangers and path wardens, who are all 
assisting the SWCPA with this event.

[www.GreatSouthWestWalk.co.uk](http://www.GreatSouthWestWalk.co.uk)

_Photo: Chris Bookholt_

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