# Voltek1000 to raise funds for Gurkha Welfare Trust in memory of Olympic stuntman

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/27/voltek1000-raise-funds-gurkha-welfare-trust-memory-olympic-stuntman/
- Published: 2016-06-27T10:00:41+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Family and friends of Mark Sutton, the stuntman who parachuted over the Olympic
stadium at the 2012 Opening Ceremony, are cycling 1000km this week for [The Gurkha Welfare Trust](http://www.gwt.org.uk/)’
s earthquake response in Nepal.**

 

In memory of Mark, who died in a wing-suiting accident a year after the Olympics
and his cousin Tim, who died of cancer shortly after, the team are taking on the
Voltrek1000 – a 1,000km bike ride from Mark’s home in Shere to his place of death
in Chamonix.

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The team is backed by Joanna Lumley and Danny Boyle, and have already beaten their
£20,000 fundraising target.

 

[⌊Voltrek100 Sutton⌉⌊Voltrek100 Sutton⌉[

Mark Sutton

 

Lumley, vice patron of the charity, said:

 

> “The money raised will support our old Gurkha soldiers and their communities in
> Nepal, who need our help now more than ever. So many were affected by the recent
> earthquakes and this will help them to recover and rebuild.”

 

The team is fundraising on [JustGiving](http://justgiving.com/voltrek1000).

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