UTC South Durham aim for the peaks in fundraiser

UTC South Durham aim for the peaks in fundraiser

UTC South Durham organised a sponsored climb for people to do in their homes on 13th April in order to raise funds for their ‘Visors for Victory’ initiative.

The stair climb saw individuals and teams scaling the combined heights of the National Three Peaks challenge from their homes. UTC Principal Tom Dower who took part in this as a team effort with his family said ‘The Stair Climbing Challenge was a fantastic opportunity to raise funds for a very worthy cause.’ So far the fundraiser has raised £24,000 in total with £16,100 coming from sponsorship and entry fees. Most of these funds will go to ‘Visors for Victory’ with any surplus funds being donated to the NHS.

Tom Dower, Principal UTC, South Durham

The ‘Visors for Victory’ initiative, which was created at the beginning of April was set up in response to a lack of PPE available to key workers. The visors are produced by UTC South Durham staff using equipment made available to them by the school. Since the inception of this initiative 1500 visors have been donated to over 65 organisations in the North East with hospitals, care homes, GP surgeries and food banks benefitting. There has also been generous donations of materials from Wright’s Office Supplies, AA Flags and Desch Plantpak. Mr Dower also added ‘It has been incredible to see how staff, students, and the wider community have come together to help make these much needed visors. I would like to thank all involved for their generosity!’