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Lake castaways expected to ‘call’
9:36am Friday 2nd May 2008
Comments (0)CELEBRITIES, dignitaries and politicians will be left stranded on a Windermere island to raise money for charity this month.
Everton and Blackburn footballer Craig Short, food entrepreneur Lucy Nicholson and MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron, will be abandoned on Thompson Holme Island with only a mobile phone to get them back to the mainland.
To be rescued, the castaways will have to spend their day ringing friends, family, colleagues and acquaintances for pledges to raise ransom money of £1,000 each.
NCH has arranged for each contestant to have a Just Giving website page, allowing donations via a secure online fund raising page.
The event, Marooned on Lake Windermere, has been organised by the National Children's Home charity and the volunteer Crusoes will be transported to the island on a boat leaving from the Royal Windermere Yacht Club at 8.30am on Thursday, May 22. NCH fund-raiser, Catherine Butterworth, said she expected the event to be lots of fun and a unique experience for everybody.
For story in full, see the May 2 Westmorland Gazette.
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