Walk the Oxfordshire Way with Sir Hugo Brunner

Sunday 17 June – Saturday 23 June 2012 In support of Family Plus: Children’s Voice service provided by Oxfordshire Family Mediation.

Sir Hugo is very committed to the Family Plus: Children’s Voice service, which provides individual support to children and young people coping with parental separation. It gives them the opportunity to express their feelings to an independent adult, and allows for feedback to the rest of the family if the children wish this to happen. Our evaluations reveal that 100% of young people felt less anxious about what was happening at home and more able to ask for help with problems after using the Family Plus: Children’s Voice service.

Children are offered up to 6 sessions free of charge.

As a committed patron of OFM, Sir Hugo has already been instrumental in raising a substantial proportion of the target sum of £100,000 to fund the service, and in June he will be walking the 65 mile Oxfordshire Way with the aim of raising the further £15,000 needed to achieve this target.

He will start from Bourton-on –the-Water on Sunday 17 June, walking a section of the Oxfordshire Way each day. It will finish at Henley-on-Thames on Saturday 23 June with a cream tea at the River and Rowing Museum.

A more detailed programme is below.

How can you help?

Join Sir Hugo along the Way - for a morning, afternoon, one day, several days or the whole week! We would ask for a minimum donation of £20 per day [£10 for half a day] to join him or you could ask your family/friends/others to sponsor you per mile or per day.

Sponsor Sir Hugo, per mile or per day

Make a donation to support the Family Plus: Children’s Voice service.

Register for a place on the Walk as soon as possible to receive more details and a sponsorship form – email [email protected]

If you would like to contribute now, please go to http://www.justgiving.com/Hugo-Brunner

Our website http://www.ofm.org.uk/ has further information. The Programme Day One: Sunday 17th June 2012

The Way is 65 miles long. Sir Hugo will start walking at 10am each morning, Bourton-on-the-Water – Shipton-under-Wychwood (10.2 miles) generally covering a longer section in the morning. He will break for lunch or a picnic, and walk the afternoon section at a leisurely pace, with the aim of Morning: Bourton to Bledington (6.4 miles) finishing each day around 3.30-4pm. Lunch: The Kings Head Pub, Bledington

Participants will need to make their own travel arrangements to join the Walk, Afternoon: Bledington to Shipton (3.8 miles) and bring lunch. Where there is a pub stop, please let us know if you would prefer to eat in the pub, and we will give the landlord approximate numbers.

For more information about the Oxfordshire Way, and interesting places along it, go to:

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/oxfordshire-way

th Day Two: Monday 18 June 2012 Day Three: Tuesday 19th June 2012 Day Four: Wednesday 20th June 2012

Shipton-under-Wychwood – Charlbury via Charlbury – Kirtlington Kirtlington - Beckley Spelsbury (8.5 miles) (11 miles) (9.2 miles)

Morning: Shipton to Spelsbury (5 miles) Morning: Charlbury to A44 (6.2 miles) Morning: Kirtlington to Islip (5.8 miles)

Lunch: The Old Church House Spelsbury Lunch: Picnic in Blenheim Park Lunch: St Mary’s Cottage, Islip

Afternoon: Spelsbury to Charlbury (3.5 m) Afternoon : A44 to Kirtlington (4.8 miles) Afternoon: Islip to Beckley (3.4 miles)

Day Five: Thursday 21st June 2012 Day Six: Friday 22nd June 2012 Day Seven: Saturday 23rd June 2012

Beckley - Rycote Rycote - Pyrton Pyrton – Henley-on-Thames (11.1 miles) (7.8 miles) (10.2 miles)

Morning: Beckley to Waterperry (7.4 miles) Morning: Rycote to Adwell (4.5 miles) Morning: Pyrton to Pishill (4.6 miles)

Lunch: Waterperry Gardens Lunch: Upper Farm, Wheatfield Lunch: The Church at Pishill

Afternoon: Waterperry to Rycote (3.7 miles) Afternoon: Adwell to Pyrton (3.3 miles) Afternoon: Pishill to Henley (5.6 miles)