TV presenter urges people to get involved with NSPCC hike

Date published: 28 July 2010

TV presenter and keen outdoors enthusiast Julia Bradbury is calling on people in Bury to sign up and get fit for the NSPCC’s 24 mile HACK (Hike Against Cruelty to Kids) in the Yorkshire Dales National Park on Saturday 4 September 2010. Get fit this Summer and start training for the NSPCC HACK hiking challenge.

NSPCC supporter Julia, said: “If you love an outdoor challenge then sign up for the NSPCC’s ‘Ingleborough Massif’ HACK in the Yorkshire Dales National Park! The Ingleborough HACK is a 24 mile challenging hike and is an ideal opportunity for people to get involved with family, friends and colleagues to enjoy a team challenge or just to get fit! Walking 24 miles is no mean feat, but it’s an excellent way to raise money for the NSPCC to help support vulnerable and abused children. So, why not dust off your walking boots and register now for the HACK in the Yorkshire Dales National Park!”

Deborah Sefton, NSPCC community fundraiser, for Rochdale said: “Walking is a great way to get fit and the HACK is a fantastic hiking experience that offers a rewarding physical challenge. Walkers will have fun along the way, meet some great people, whilst helping to raise money for the work the NSPCC does to help vulnerable children and young people across Rochdaleand the UK. Why not make a weekend of it with family, friends or colleagues and enjoy the stunning Yorkshire Dales National Park while helping to protect children?”

The NSPCC’s Ingleborough Massif HACK is 24 miles and takes place on Saturday 4 September 2010, starting at 6.00am. The route starts and finishes in the village of Clapham and goes through some amazing countryside including, Ingleborough, one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks.

The registration fee is £15 and is for over 18s only. (£1 of the registration fee is being donated to the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority to help support path maintenance and enhancement in the Three peaks area of the national park).

For further details and online registrations and payments:

northcanuhackit@nspcc.org.uk  
www.nspcc.org.uk/hack  
North West NSPCC Appeals office 0161 628 1209