Helping Herts Coronation Walk to raise money for children's charities 

Helping Herts, the official charity of Stort Valley Rotary, will showcase the amazing countryside on our doorstep as they take on an epic 180 mile walk of the Hertfordshire Way.

All the money raised will go directly to 12 children's and young people's charities across Hertfordshire including: Coram Life Education, Herts Young Homeless, For Baby's Sake, Herts Mind Network, Grove Cottage, Home-Start Herts, Phoenix Group for Deaf Children & Adults, PlaySkill, the Ollie Foundation, NSPCC, CHEXS and Keech Hospice Care.

This isn't the first-time co-founders Gordon Morrison and Jim Tatchell have taken on such a challenge.

Back in 2022 they walked the Hertfordshire Way along with Gordon's black Labradors Rosie and Pepper, the Friends of Hertfordshire Way, Rotary and teams from the charities Helping Herts support.

This year Gordon and Jim are doing the same route, but in reverse. They will take on the walk in 14 sections over the course of two weeks straddling the coronation, beginning on the 29 April and finishing on 13 May. 

Commencing in Bishop's Stortford, the walk passes through a variety of Hertfordshire scenery, mostly in open countryside, but also includes some really attractive and interesting villages, as well as the larger towns of Hertford and the historic city of St Albans.

Gordon Morrison, co-founder of Helping Herts said: "We've pulled together a wonderful team for the Coronation walk. It will be a great opportunity to walk across a really attractive part of the county, and to raise vital funds to support the children's charities involved. 180 miles is a really long way, but it should be a good occasion! Please do support us if you can."

Jim Tatchell, co-founder of Helping Herts said: "Gordon and I will be blogging and vlogging every day to highlight the links that our beautiful county has with royalty, such as Hatfield House - where Elizabeth 1st found out she had become Queen - the former palace of Queen Eleanor of Castille, and St Paul's Walden Bury, the ancestral family home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

"We hope to be joined for some of the route by the royal family's representative in Hertfordshire, the Lord Lieutenant, as well as a number of Deputy Lord Lieutenants, High Sheriffs past and present, and possibly even some local royalty themselves!"

The charity walk is just one of our many fundraisers planned for this year. Keep an eye out on the Helping Herts social media channels for details of more events throughout the year, as well as how you can organise your own fundraiser.

Find out more about the walk and register your interest here: www.helpingherts.com/events

To sponsor Gordon and Jim visit: https://helpinghertscoronationwalk.heroes.help/campaigns/Gordon-Jim-Friends-Coronation-Walk?fbclid=IwAR25S3CPrHb_A6BBXAyFpfYrm6xUgdjxRJf7Dm4UZq7bhyoa7pJWIG9ElRM

To keep up to date with events and activities Helping Herts is organising, visit:

https://www.facebook.com/helpingherts/

https://www.instagram.com/helpingherts/?hl=en