This June, the NewRiver team will be taking on The London Royal Parks Challenge to raise funds and awareness for long-standing charity partner, the Trussell Trust.

To mark 5 years of working in partnership with the Trussell Trust and supporting their goal of creating a UK without the need for emergency food, the NewRiver team will be walking 20 miles/32 kms through 8 of London’s Royal Parks with the aim of raising £30,000. The NewRiver team will be joined by retail and leisure advisors Lunson Mitchenall to put a group of 40 walkers through their paces as they take on The London’s Royal Parks Challenge.

The walking challenge will take place on Thursday, 27 June, starting in Richmond Park and ending on the south side of Tower Bridge. Walking through Brompton Cemetery, Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park, St. James’s Park, the historic Westminster and Victoria Tower Gardens, before heading north to Regents Park, and then to the finish point on the south side of Tower Bridge. The Challenge is graded as tough, covering 20 miles/32 kms on varied terrain from footpaths to urban roads and is estimated to take around 10 hours.

NewRiver are proud to continue to support the Trussell Trust and hope that with the support of advisors, partners, suppliers, friends and family they can raise £30,000 to help the Trussell Trust fulfil their goals to reduce poverty, raise awareness and work towards a future where food banks are no longer required in the UK.

The Trussell Trust support a nationwide network of food banks and together provide emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, and campaign for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.