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Total raised so far

112%

£2,255.00 of £2,000 target +£476.00 Gift Aid See breakdown

Julie's & Ian's Camino Challenge

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Julie Upton & Ian Owers are raising money for The Archer Project and The Choir with No Name


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Julie & Ian are walking the last 100km of the Portuguese  Camino de Santiago next March to share in raising funds for two highly creative projects supporting the rising number of people affected by homelessness in Sheffield:
The Archer Project, which provides a wide range of direct services (and advice) to the growing number of homeless people in the city, and
The Choir with No Name, which gives people affected by homelessness and isolationthe opportunity to meet each week to sing, socialise and share food together each week.

We're both  keen walkers and have long said that we'd love to walk the Camino (or at least part of it!) one day, so when we heard about this year's challenge to support two such vital projects it's given us the nudge we needed.

We have 2 targets: one is to complete something like 170,000 steps in 5 days, but more importantly we aim to raise £2,000 or more for these two excellent causes.   We’d be very grateful for your support to help meet both.


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Our updates

A MASSIVE thank you to all our sponsors!   So far you've raised over £1,516 - 76% of our target.   We're so grateful.
Of course we've still got to get there and do it..... but we're putting in the training in all weathers.   This was Marple Viaduct on the canal midway between Stockport and New Mills on a wet Friday; actually a viaduct (the railway), an aqueduct (the canal) and a river (the Goyt, hundreds of  feet below), shortly before climbing a flight of 16 locks and a welcome coffee and cake in the town.

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A big thank you to all who've sponsored us so genereously to date  - we're nearly a quarter of the way there already!
We're getting the paces in despite some discouraging weather ..... at least 2 or 3 miles most days and a long one at the weekend.
The picture is across the city from Norfolk Park on one of our favourite urban rambles.

Image uploaded with update

Our 2 charities

The Archer Project

Charity number: 1064818

The Choir with No Name

Charity number: 1136173

Campaign

Sheffield walks the Camino de Santiago 2026

14th March 2026 - 20th March 2026

Recent donations

Veronica Ward

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

To be divided between the two charities

Ruth

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

Hope all goes well!

Tessa

£30.00

Good luck and well done!

Anonymous

£5.00

Anonymous

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Anonymous

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

I hope you have good strong boots

Nick Dunne

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Enjoy the journey, folks!

Anonymous

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Laurie

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Good luck. Something to help you reach your target

Andrew Wooding

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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