Firewalk Fundraiser for St Helena Hospice

The Firewalk Saw Orpen Hall Car Park Set Alight

The firewalk in flames before it settled down to red hot coals

Along with around 70 others, the Chair of West Bergholt Parish Council did a firewalk in the Orpen Hall car park last week. (See video below).

The fundraising event was organised by St Helena Hospice and proved very successful raising around £10,000!

The Hospice had arranged for a world record holding firewalker to brief the firewalkers in advance of braving the coals. This was quite an in-depth session taking about an hour ensuring that all participants would be safe walking barefoot over the coals.

Chair of the Council, Brian Butcher, said afterwards:

Other than the elation of having completed the walk there were some very black feet afterwards, but no one came to harm. That’s another thing ticked off my bucket list.

St Helena Hospice

St Helena Hospice will make good use of the funds raised to support local people facing incurable illness and bereavement. The amount raised could provide 2,000 families who are in distress with expert advice and guidance over the phone from their 24/7 SinglePoint advice line.

The Chair’s Firewalk

You can see other videos on the Parish Council YouTube Channel.

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