We’re raising Money for The Rawthey Project in conjunction with Tom Harrison House. Mount Kilimanjaro Challenge 2025 Veterans supporting Veterans.

THE CHALLENGE

In February 2025, alongside 2 other veterans, we are aiming to summit Mount Kilimanjaro (5895m) which is situated in northeastern Tanzania, near to the border with Kenya for Tom Harrison House and in support of The Rawthey Project CIC (Rawthey).

We are aiming to raise money which will fund 5 veterans through the 3 month Tom Thacker Course. This money will immediately remove the veteran from the environment of their struggles (homelessness, Addiction, psychological illness, etc) and move them into a peer supported environment in the Yorkshire Dales where their needs will be evaluated (formulated) and a coherent recovery plan will be delivered to achieve independent living and sustainable employment that aligns with their Aspirations and Potential.

Since 2014 the Rawthey has made a positive impact on the lives of over 730 individuals. Being Relatively small and agile allows Rawthey to react quickly to fill the gaps in care when the needs of the veteran are complex and don’t align with mainstream protocols.

The recurring co-morbidity of Addiction has evolved into deep Cooperation between Rawthey and Tom Harrison House, the only dedicated veteran Residential Addiction treatment centre in the UK, based in Liverpool, a Care Quality Commission regulated, registered charity.

By Donating anything you can you are literally saving lives and for that it means the world to me, and I cannot thank you enough.

Please remember to select Gift Aid if you are a UK Tax Payer as this will help us raise even more money, without it Costing you another penny.

Ally

MY STORY

I am the kind of person who always seeks to help others wherever I can, with out question or hesitation, but I have never learn to practice what I preach!! Having suffered knee problems over the last 12 years and having 5 knee surgeries, extensive rehab and physio, I was medically discharged from the Army after nearly 24years service, and I am now left with chronic knee pain. I have good days and bad days, it was during some really bad days nearly 2 years ago that I needed help and had no clue how or where to ask for it. And this is where the Rawthey jumped in to help me, and I will be forever grateful for the help they provided.

So this is why I am taking on this massive challenge of a lifetime to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, and hopefully raise as much funds as I possibly can, so I urge you to please sponsor me any donation big or small will be greatly received.