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COMPANY’S CORACLERS OUT TO MAKE A SPLASH FOR SEVERN HOSPICE

18/09/2013
by Andrew TradeWeb Support
The chairman and distribution manager of Shrewsbury-based Morris Lubricants will be putting their coracle making and paddling skills to the test on Sunday to raise money for the Severn Hospice.
 
Chairman Gareth Jones and Graham Fewtrell have crafted their own coracles to navigate around three miles down the River Severn from Edgerley to Shrawardine and the company’s directors and staff will be there to cheer them on.
 
The pair began making the coracles under the guidance of expert Peter Faulkner at Leintwardine during a weekend course in April and both have been practising for their maiden voyage on the Severn.
 
Graham confessed to having mixed feelings about the voyage and is praying that the level of Severn falls by Sunday.
 
The coracle voyage is part of Morris Lubricants’ £10,000 fundraising challenge to complete the 214-mile Severn Way long-distance footpath in seven different ways.
 
Staff and friends of Britain’s leading family-owned, independent oil blenders and marketers have already been to the source of the Severn on Plynlimon near Llanidloes and are completing different sections of the walk on foot, in a canoe and coracle, by swimming, cycling, rafting and on horseback.
 
The footpath is being broken down into five-mile sections for staff and friends to tackle whichever way they choose and all the money raised will go to Severn Hospice.
 
The company’s management accountant, Phil Gittins, who is co-ordinating the fundraising effort, organised a corporate raft race from Montford Bridge to Shrewsbury and also took part in the Severn Mile Swim last month.
 
To date the company has raised nearly £7,000. Last year, it raised £20,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust by scaling the 64 ‘county tops’ of England, Wales, Scotland and the Isles of Wight and Man. The charity has special significance to the company, as Graham Fewtrell’s son, Adam died of a rare form of childhood bone cancer in 2011 at the age of 20.
 
“Following on from the incredible success of last year’s fundraising for the Teenage Cancer Trust, the company decided this year’s chose a local charity, the Severn Hospice,” explained Phil.
 
“The hospice provides free end of life care for the people of Shropshire and Mid Wales at three centres in Shrewsbury, Telford and Newtown and also in the patients’ own homes. Around 2,500 people each year benefit from their services.”
 
Mike Perry, the hospice’s community fundraising advisor, said: “Each year we rely on the generosity of the public so we can continue our vital work caring for people living with incurable illnesses like cancer.
 
“We truly appreciate the support of everyone at Morris Lubricants. As a team they are undertaking so much to support their local hospice. The money raised will help us support the growing number of people that need our specialist care.”
 
Donations to the fundraising effort can be made on the Just Giving website at  www.justgiving.com/morris-lubricants.

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