The 2024 LED Charity walk will take place on Saturday 7 September in the North Lakes and we hope that many of you will be able to join in what has become an enjoyable event which raises essential funds for the charity.

Full details of the walk will follow nearer to the event. The walk will finish at Bassenthwaite Village Hall where you will be welcomed with refreshments, followed by an evening meal. 

To register, please:

• Complete the registration form
• Make your donation via the LED JustGiving page

In previous years, we have raised a significant sum towards our annual fundraising requirements but we hope that this year, we can better this! With that in mind, we are focusing on two particular key areas of the work undertaken by LED. 

This year, we are hoping to distribute solar lights to 3 villages in the Cordillera Blanca and in Nepal, to communities in the Nubri and Na Phu areas. Solar lights are the backbone of our charity work in these remote areas where life is incredibly hard and the people living there have little access to healthcare or electricity.

For those donors who have not had the opportunity to travel to these areas and see our work, you may be thinking, what can light do and how can it bring significant change to these communities?

The lights are transformative. They change the way that people can live.

They help with health issues by reducing chest infections caused by the burning of kerosene for light or cheaper candles.

They allow for development by providing opportunities for children to study in the evenings, and for better social interaction between families and friends.

They provide safety and have helped in the reduction of predators attacking livestock such as scaring away wolves from yak herds in the Thame valley.

And indirectly they have reduced the birthrate in many villages in Peru where families are already on stretched incomes.

The costs for running these two projects will be in the region of £10,000. ALL of your help is greatly appreciated, whatever you can provide is all gratefully received. 

We are looking forward to receiving your registration forms and payments.

If you can’t attend, then please consider making a donation, however small – it all helps and it ALL makes a difference. 

Thank you!

Val and the Trustees of LED