On Thursday 14 December 2017 I will be taking part in the Walking Home for Christmas Campaign and walking from our stunning HQ at Explorer House, Southampton to my slightly less stunning house in Portsmouth, a journey of some 25 miles

Walking with the Wounded supports a pathway for veterans to re-integrate back into society and sustain their independence. At the heart of this journey is employment.

Walking with the Wounded offer assistance through its programmes to those vulnerable veterans who have been physically, mentally or socially disadvantaged by their service and assist in sustaining their independence through new sustainable careers outside of the military. This includes providing support to homeless veterans and veterans in the Criminal Justice Systems, areas which are too often ignored.

If you’re able to help me raise some much-needed money to support these activities that would be amazing! All you need to do is copy and paste the link below into your browser bar to donate; no amount is too small (or too great!). If you’d prefer not to donate or if this isn’t one of your preferred charities then please forgive my
intrusion; however, if you could send this link on to any friends, family or colleagues who you think would be interested, I’d be most grateful.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/caroline-barnes10

For those based at Explorer House I will also be running a sweepstake on how long you think it will take me to complete the journey. The cost will be £2 with half the pot going to the winner.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and I’ll update you on how I got on 😊