Last Friday, I joined key players from the events industry at the Riverbank Park Plaza Hotel to raise money to fund pancreatic cancer research. The evening's charity auction, gala dinner and entertainment was inspired by Howard Kerr, an events stalwart who is suffering from pancreatic cancer at the age of 47.On 18 April, Howard Kerr and 12 colleagues from Gallowglass, Land Rover, RPM and Eventia completed an 87-mile walk across The Ridgeway, from Hertfordshire to Wiltshire in three days. The footage of the Howards Way Walk, filmed by Events Review was shown to the room on Friday. It brought into focus not only the scale of the endurance, which is traditionally walked in five days rather than three but also the compassion, enthusiasm and strength of will from an industry that always seems to pull together when it matters most.
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the walk. I felt humble just being a part of the gala dinner. As it stands, the walk raised £35,126 and the dinner raised £40,899 which gives a total so far of £76,025. According to Matt Storey from Gallowglass (the lead company driving the initiative), there's a friendly London versus Henley fundraising cricket match at the end of the month which is likely to add to the total. If you'd like to help support a poorly recognised cancer in desperate need of research funds, please visit Howards Just Giving page.
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