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IT took 58 days of pushing himself to his limits. . But Wigton man Charles Deans has now achieved his personal wheelchair challenge, covering 874 miles in 10 weeks - a distance equivalent to a road trip from John O’ Groats to Land’s End. His gruelling fundraiser is part of Charles’s incredible fightback from disability - and his chance to help two good local causes while honouring the memory of his late sister Helen Deans, 43, who died last year from pancreatic cancer. His wheelchair oddyssey - on roads across north Cumbria - has raised £10,500 for The Lake District based Calvert Trust and Eden Valley Hospice, whose staff cared for his sister.
A CARLISLE man who has taken on an epic fund-raising challenge has seen his efforts backed by a local solicitors. Charles Dean is attempting to travel the distance from Land s End to John O Groats in his wheelchair on Cumbrian Roads. The Wigton man was paralysed 16 years ago, but recently climbed Dodd Fell and Latrigg with his family. He is now attempting to travel 874 miles - the distance between Britain s most northern and southern points - on local roads. Part of the fund-raising campaign is a competition for primary school children across Cumbria to design a t-shirt for Mr Deans to wear on the final leg of his journey.
A WIGTON man who has taken on an epic fund-raising challenge has seen his efforts backed by a local solicitors. Charles Deans is attempting to travel the distance from Land s End to John O Groats in his wheelchair on Cumbrian Roads. The Wigton man was paralysed 16 years ago, but recently climbed Dodd Fell and Latrigg with his family. He is now attempting to travel 874 miles - the distance between Britain s most northern and southern points - on local roads. Part of the fund-raising campaign is a competition for primary school children across Cumbria to design a t-shirt for Mr Deans to wear on the final leg of his journey.
Charles Deans
A Carlisle solicitors office is backing a county-wide competition offering school children the chance to win one of two bikes.
Wragg Mark-Bell is getting behind local man Charles Deansâ attempt to travel the distance from Landâs End to John OâGroats in his wheelchair to raise money for two local charities.
Part of that fundraising campaign will also include a competition for all primary school children in Cumbria to design a T-shirt for Mr Deans to wear on the final leg of his journey, which is set to be completed on local roads in the coming weeks.