Raby Estates supports an annual charity event to raise money for the Institute of Cancer Research by participating in a “Human Mountain Endeavour” on the Lakeland fells. Last year a team of 12 walkers from Raby successfully completed a trek in the fells around Helvellyn and raised around £7000.
One third of us will be touched by cancer in our lifetime. The Institute of Cancer Research https://www.icr.ac.uk/ is a charitable academic working body with over 300 scientists and has taken more drugs into clinical trials in the last decade than any other organisation worldwide. We are therefore proud to be supporting such a worthy cause once again this year.
This annual event involves teams from businesses located across the north of England ascending Lakeland’s highest mountains in early winter conditions.
The event has raised more than £1.8 million for the Institute and other charities over the past 36 years. This year’s event takes place on Friday 15th November and with your help we would like to make this another record-breaking year. Each team will be allocated a mountain route for the day and Raby has been allocated the Buttermere fells to the west of Keswick.
If you would like to help them raise much needed funds for The Institute of Cancer Research, please see our Just Giving link
https://www.justgiving.com/page/rabyestates2024
19.11.24
Many thanks indeed to all our supporters for your generous support for this year’s ICR Climb of Life Appeal. 17 climbers and assorted dogs made up the Raby team having been assigned the fells around Buttermere as our challenge this year.
Unfortunately, weather conditions weren’t quite as favourable as last year, and Friday 15th November dawned to low cloud and persistent drizzle. This did not dampen our spirits and after gathering in Buttermere village, the team moved off to ascend Red Pike, Buttermere and then onto High Stile and High Crag before our descent back to Buttermere Lake and the village. There were some glimpses of sunshine towards the end of the day but mostly the weather continued as it had started, and we were all rather bedraggled by the time we returned to the cars in the late afternoon.
This year’s event raised just over £91,000 overall for ICR and I am pleased to confirm that we made one of the largest single team contributions of just over £5,000.
This year’s grand total means that this annual event has now raised over £1.80 million during the 35 years that it has been taking place with over £1.1 million raised for the Institute of Cancer Research during that period. This, of course would not have been possible without your generous support. All of us at Raby are therefore enormously grateful to you. Many thanks once again for your support and your donation.
