By Sophie Parker | Fundraising and Communications Officer
Hello friends,
I hope this finds you well, and that you're enjoying the move into Autumn. We're so excited to share what we have been up to with you.
We would also like to thank you for your support - thanks to you we are able to continue supporting survivors of torture and human trafficking to find the strength to move on. Thank you!
Hike for Freedom
In this report, we're focusing on a project that has achieved great success recently, our Hike for Freedom project.
For the past nine months a group of women from the Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF) have been training - whatever the weather - in preparation to climb the UK Three Peaks - Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, and Snowdon.
The challenge was about coming together as a team, supporting each other and pushing our comfort zones.
It wasn’t all smooth sailing and there were some difficult times during the challenge. Low mood would creep in, sickness, lack of sleep, pain and physical exhaustion all contributed to emotions running high at times.
Importantly, everyone gave it their all, staying positive despite being exhausted and the difficult weather conditions. The group supported each other till the end, and witnessing such camaraderie and care for one another was incredible to experience.
'I think there is a reason why they called this 'Hike for Freedom' and this is it for me: It has helped me to find the freedom, the voice, the spirit and the positivity that I've been looking for... People have told me 'you can't do this', 'you can't achieve this', 'you're not this', 'you're not that', but after today, nobody will tell me 'you can't do this' or 'you can't achieve this'. I have become a professional hiker! I smashed it! I am so glad and happy that I was in the midst of all these beautiful women and souls because the whole team has been really really supportive of us all and you know we are very grateful.’
We are so proud of this group of survivors for challenging themselves and supporting each other through this momentus challenge.
Thank you once again for your support and we look forward to sharing more of our work with you in our next report.
Our warmest regards
Helen Bamber Foundation
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