Big, big thanks to everyone who came to this year’s Fundraising Walk and/or Dinner – and to all the folks who couldn’t come and donated anyway.

Altogether we raised over £4100!!!

Here are some photos from the day, starting off with a group photo on top of Blencathra….

If you would like to come to our Annual Fundraiser event this September 6th at Mungrisdale in the Lake District, please complete this online registration form.

There will be updates and more information as we move through the year but the plan is to meet at Mungrisdale Village Hall on the morning of Saturday 6th September and do a walk up, on, across, and around the Northern Fells in the Lake District (several options will be available). This will be followed by tea, coffee and cake on our return, and then an evening of food and relaxation and fun all in the name of raising money to make a difference to the rural and remote mountain communities in Nepal and Peru that many of us have visited, are visiting, or would love to visit. 

Some of you may remember that we have been to Mungrisdale Village Hall before – we loved it so much we’re going back!!!

If you would like to come to the walk and the dinner (or just the walk; or just the dinner) please fill out the form and click the submit button at the end. 

Payment information is included within the form but if you would like to make a donation or do some additional fundraising then this would be very welcome indeed, in which case then please feel free to go to our JustGiving page or to set up your own JustGiving page and choose to support Light Education Development.

See you in September!

Thank you all for your continuing support for the work that LED undertakes in remote mountain communities in Nepal and Peru.

In 2025, our annual fundraising walk will be taking place on Saturday 6 September 2025 in Mungrisdale in the Lake District.

After a Blencathra walk we’ll gather for the ever popular drinks and an evening meal at Mungrisdale Village Hall to round off what we hope will be an enjoyable and sociable day.

Full details of the walk, accommodation options and registration forms will be circulated nearer the time – but please now SAVE THE DATE!

It would be wonderful to see as many of you as possible and to raise more funds to continue our work.

Val and the LED Trustees

Thank you to everyone who came along to this year’s fundraising walk and dinner, and to everyone who has donated “For Thame”. We’ve raised over £9,000 so far and donations for Thame Flood Relief are still coming in – thank you all. This means we will be able to continue with our planned projects for 2024/2025 in addition to providing funds for Thame.

A big thank you to everyone who donated prizes for the raffle, Hesket Newmarket Brewery for the beers and Mae’s Tea Rooms for the afternoon tea voucher, The Castle Inn, Old Crown Pub, all the WI ladies, Gemma Knight, Boo and Heather, Garry, Fish and Aly and to everyone else who gave their time and energy and helped make the day such an enjoyable success. A big shout out to the washing up and tidying up teams!

It was a fantastic day – wonderful weather, cracking views from Ullock Pike, ‘atmospheric’ on the top of Skiddaw and beautiful valley views – and an extra Wainwright – on the descent back to Bassenthwaite Parish Rooms for gallons of tea and mountains of cake followed by a lovely evening featuring curries, more cakes, the raffle and a stunning sunset.