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“ONCE IN
A LIFETIME”
CHALLENGE
Project manager,
Sue Williamson and friends (“Sisters
with Blisters”) were successful
in walking 100 km across the South
Downs from Petersfield to Brighton
in July in less than 30 hours to raise
money for the Gurkha Welfare Trust
and Oxfam. In total, they raised almost
£4,000.
“I can honestly say this was
the hardest physical challenge I've
ever undertaken,” says Sue.
“I can't remember being in so
much pain for such an extended period
of time ever before. The toughest
thing is the mental challenge –
knowing that all you have to do to
stop the pain is stop walking –
but remaining stubborn and determined
to complete the task at hand.”
“I
can highly recommend this event as
a once in a lifetime challenging experience
– and I do mean once! In those
28 hours you have a lot of thinking
time – to put things into perspective
– and you make lifelong friends.”
If
that sells it to you, the following
link will gen you up on next year’s
walk: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/fund
raise/trailwalker/slide_show_2008.html
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STAR
RATING
The Livewire team who worked together
with GSK Biologicals to pull off a
very successful symposium at this
year’s International Symposium
on Pneumococci & Pneumococcal
Diseases (ISPPD) in Reykjavik, followed
very quickly by an expert roundtable
meeting in Budapest get this issue’s
star rating.
Everyone involved
in the meetings was pleased with the
outcome, not least the external experts.
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“One
of the best quality sponsored
symposia I have been
involved with. It did not stick
out like a sore thumb from the
main programme in the way they
usually do. Also, we did not
overrun our allotted time!”
Chairman,
ISPPD symposium
“Reflecting
on the successful meeting on
otitis media last Saturday I
do realise how instrumental
the logistics part of the organisation
was to the meeting. Thanks to
your professionalism and flawless
execution we could concentrate
on the bacteriae. The feedback
of all the participants was
unanimously positive. Thank
you again for being such a good
team.”
Chair,
roundtable meeting
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Congratulations and thanks to:
Karen Palmer,
Ian Middleton,
Winnie MacFadzean,
Michelle Preston & Lesley Baran
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