Hospice Heroes become Warriors for the day!
Hospice Heroes Turn Glasgow Kiltwalk into a Sea of Purple
By Elaine Thomson, Senior Fundraiser
By Elaine Thomson, Senior Fundraiser
Colourfully clad Ayrshire Hospice Heroes turned into Hospice Warriors for the Tartan Warrior assault course event in March, raising an amazing £3,611! Set across farmland in the vast hillside of Kilmaurs, Tartan Warrior 2024 sprung to life, and what a weekend it turned out to be! With the competitive races held on Saturday in awful conditions, the sun shone brightly for the Hospice Tartan Warriors to take their place at the starting line for this 5k route on Sunday afternoon. This family-friendly obstacle race saw our Hospice Warriors tackle over 35 obstacles in what can only
be described as perfect weather. Running through burns, swinging from monkey bars, flipping tyres, and covered in mud, every warrior completed their challenge and sailed over the finish line! Our warriors went above and beyond on this challenge – well done, everyone. A huge thank you to Gavin Hogarth, owner of Fit Body Farm and the award-winning Tartan Warrior, for allowing the Ayrshire Hospice to be part of this incredible event. Thank you also to all the volunteers who looked after each runner, cheering them around the course. We can’t wait to see what next year’s Tartan Warrior has in store.
The biggest ever team of Hospice Heroes took on the Glasgow Kiltwalk in April, raising almost £45,000! The team of 197 people walked either the 22.6-mile route of the Mighty Stride, 14 miles of The Big Stroll, or the 3-mile Wee Wander. Everyone had a fantastic day raising money for the Ayrshire Hospice. With an electric atmosphere and over 14,000 people walking for various Scottish charities, it was truly the biggest and best Kiltwalk yet. The Hospice Heroes included teams from Motiv8 Fitness, Elite Fitness, Ardrossan Community Gym, Tesco Kilmarnock, Alex Begg, Phoenix Abbey, and Walking on Sunshine to name a few, as well as repeat walkers such as John Burke, Mhairi Blair, Kristina Berry, and Rachel Berry. For two of our very own hospice staff, Deborah Riseborough and Leanne Ireland, this was their fifth Kiltwalk. They are also walking in Aberdeen, Dundee, and Edinburgh this year too—good luck! Stuart Spiers from the Walking on Sunshine team celebrated a very special 50th birthday and was treated to a rendition of “Happy Birthday” by Kiltwalk staff and walkers. The youngest walkers, Fearghus and Aiden, both aged 6, walked the Wee Wander with their mums, and loved getting that medal at the finish line. Our heroes have raised £37,862.50, plus gift aid of £6,845.64, meaning an incredible total of £44,708.14 was raised for our patients and their families. A huge thank you to all our amazing walkers and to everyone who supported them on their Glasgow Kiltwalk Challenge. If you would like to join the team for Dundee or Edinburgh 2024, get in touch for your free place. Or, if you’d like to join in for Glasgow 2025 let us know as this will sell out – email community@ayrshirehospice.org
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