HMS Audacious team raises over £2,700 for children’s charity

A seven person team aboard HMS Audacious swapped the sea for land earlier this month to race in the Great North Run and raise £2,700 for The Sick Children’s Trust.

LET Turnbull, LET Mchugh, LET Thomson, SLT Head, ET Stewart, ET Jones and ET Mcclymont have spent the last few months juggling their naval duties with training for the 13.1 mile route from Newcastle upon Tyne to South Shields to raise money for families with seriously ill children in hospital.

Those among HMS Audacious have been long-term supporters of The Sick Children’s Trust after two officers’ families benefitted from the charity’s free ‘Home from Home’ accommodation in Newcastle.

The Sick Children’s Trust runs ten ‘Homes from Home’ across the country, supporting families with seriously ill children in hospital with free accommodation just minutes from their child’s hospital bedside. Officers from the ship have actively supported the charity’s Crawford House, located at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) by decorating, attending fundraising events and latterly raising money by taking part in the Great North Run.