Following the recent success of Motorsport at the Palace, Sevenoaks and District Motor Club are pleased to announce a donation of £3,150 to local charities. St. Christopher’s Hospice and the Royal London Society for the Blind (RLSB) have each received final cheques for £1,575, thanks to the kind donations of competitors  and exhibitors at the event.

Motorsport at the Palace, sponsored by the Ancaster Group,  saw over 5000 spectators converge on Crystal Palace park to enjoy two days of motor sport. Each driver was encouraged to donate to the charitable causes, both of which have strong connections with Sevenoaks and District Motor Club.

Martin Chinnery, Chairman of the club, said: “The RLSB has a long and distinguished history in helping blind and partially sighted people to achieve their goals in education, training and employment. Today, they run a specialist nursery school and college from their educational campus in Sevenoaks, and an Adult Support Service from Central London.

“St. Christopher’s Hospice is located within yards of Crystal Palace park and has been providing hospice care for over 40 years. Our motor club has supported their cause over many years and we are grateful for the service they provide.”

This year’s sponsored St Christopher’s sponsored Fun Walk takes place on Sunday 31 May in and around Keston Common. This is great event for families and friends of all ages – so please get together and help us to raise our target of £200,000 to fund more specialist support and training for care homes.

St Christopher’s wants to enable more people in our community to die in a dignified and calm way with the skilled care and support they deserve. Many care home residents are rushed to hospital as they approach the end of their lives – and can end up dying in Accident and Emergency. This is not necessary and not what most people or their families would want if they had a choice.More training and support for care homes could change this.

You can choose to walk three, five, eight or eleven miles starting out from the Greyhound pub at Keston Common near Bromley.

By asking family, friends and colleagues for sponsorship, you’ll be raising money for St Christopher’s every step of the way.

Our Fun Walk promises to be an exciting and exhilarating day out with food and entertainment at the start, finish and half-way points.Remember there are trophies for the teams and individuals raising the most money, the best fancy dress costume and the oldest and youngest walkers.

How to register

St Christopher’s is looking forward to welcoming around 3,000 walkers so please encourage your friends, families and work colleagues to sign up as soon as possible.

This year we are delighted to offer all walkers who pledge to raise over £50 a free t-shirt. This offer is available on a first come, first served basis.

If you are over 18, you can sign-up online and get your unique walker’s number at www.stchristophers.org.uk/funwalk

If you are under 18 entry forms can be downloaded from www.stchristophers.org.uk/funwalk or are available from St Christopher’s shops or by ringing the Fun Walk hotline on 020 8768 4577.

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