Saturday 26 September 2009

And finally........

The success of this Walk is the accumulated effort of a number of people who generously gave of their skills and time:

Shaun Phillipson, Louise Hawman, Craig Tallantyre and Lisa Ottaway young trainees at Tomorrow's People Newcastle whose dreams were the catalyst for the idea of the Walk;
John & Ruth Bates (mum & dad) who faithfully transferred my luggage from the beginning to the end of the walk each day for 10 days and who kept me well supplied throughout the Walk;
Alison Hubbard who identified and booked accommodation and coordinated the logistics of the Walk;
Shaun Phillipson a graduate of the Tomorrow's People 'Work it Out' programme who diligently, skillfully and cheerfully undertook recordings of the Walk for Tomorrow from beginning to end;
Gillian Atkinson (Head of Project) and Catherine Booth (Coordinator) of Tomorrow's People Newcastle who organised for the young people to join the Walk for Tomorrow at key stages and do so much to inspire young people day to day;
Fiona Grieg of Tomorrow's People who has been the driving force behind the organisation of the fundraising effort for the Walk contact: fgreig@tomorrows-people.co.uk
Hilary Florek of Hilary Florek PR http://www.hilaryflorekpr.co.uk/ is generously supporting the walk through media and PR advice tel: 07831 552 624;
Judith Garbutt who designed the brilliant 'Walk for Tomorrow' logo incorporating the Cross of St Cuthbert (Cuthbert was Abbot of Lindisfarne) of http://www.largocreative.com/ .
Chris Kilkenny Northumbrian historian (and my former history teacher!) for advising on the historical accuracy of the descriptions of the route;
Mark Easby and Paul Bell for the idea of naming the walk 'Walk for Tomorrow' and the construction of the http://www.walkfortomorrow.org/ site of http://www.betterbrandagency.com/ in Stokesley, North Yorkshire;
Malcolm Gray of W H Forster (Printers) Limited who printed the leaflets for distribution along the way http://www.whforster.com/
Sir Peter Vardy and Wendy Gallagher of the wonderful Emmanuel Schools Foundation who gave generously in administrative and financial sponsorship.
The journalists and photographers of the Newcastle Journal, Northern Echo, Shields Gazette, Northumberland Gazette, Durham Times and Evening Gazette who covered the Walk and the work of Tomorrow's People;
The 58 people and organisations who have generously sponsored the Walk for Tomorrow and thereby advanced the work of Tomorrow's People.

A huge thank you to you all--I couldn't have done it without you!

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