Voluntary Groups Walk For Somerset at Wimbleball Lake

Over 100 people from across Somerset gathered at Wimbleball Lake on 19th September to take part in the Walk For Somerset sponsored event to raise valuable funding for community projects and charities.

Those taking part were able to choose to keep 50% of the sponsorship for their own funding or to donate to their own special ‘good cause’. The other 50% goes to Somerset Community Foundation to help support local projects through their grant awards across the county.

Groups who took advantage of the opportunity to join in the event and raise money for their own projects and good causes were, Somerset Sight, Taunton, The Rosie Crane Trust, Ilminster, South West Fishing For Life, Dulverton, Cutcombe Cricket Club, Minehead and Co-op Distribution Centre, Wellington who were raising money for RNID, their chosen charity for this year.

Many walkers chose to walk the complete route around the lake of 9 miles; others chose to walk half way and took advantage of a boat trip back across the water and some were able to walk a short route of 11/2 miles.

The event was launched as a pilot for this year by Somerset Community Foundation and was organised in partnership with South West Fishing For Life, supported by South West Lakes Trust, with a BBQ provided by local Scouts.

Julie Patterson from Somerset Community Foundation said, ‘a great success for a first–time event which achieved our objectives; enabling local community based projects to benefit through fundraising for themselves whilst also increasing The Foundation’s funds for future grant awards. We have shown what can be achieved through working in partnership with like-minded organisations.Thank you to all who were involved we now have a really good basis to work from for next year’s Walk For Somerset initiative.’

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