Guernsey charities to benefit from 2025 Saffery Walk revealed

The Saffery Walk is sponsoring 25 island charities including the GSPCA, Les Bourgs Hospice and the Guernsey Cheshire Home.

The 39-mile round island walk will take place on 7 June 2025.

Walk Chairman, Simon Milsted, emphasised the importance of community involvement.

"The Saffery Rotary Walk is a special opportunity for our island to come together in support of extraordinary causes.

“I encourage everyone to register, lace up their walking shoes, and join us on Saturday 7 June.

"Together we can help these charities continue their invaluable work."

The charities to benefit from the generous support of the walkers and their sponsors in the 2025 Saffery Rotary Walk are:

  • Alderney Animal Welfare Society - Create an animal welfare calming courtyard garden,
  • Alderney Duke of Edinburgh Award - Provide 5 lightweight backpacking tents,
  • Alderney Island Games Association - Provide the Team kit for the athletes selected for the 2027 Faroe Island Games,
  • Bright Beginnings LBG - Provide craft and play equipment,
  • Girlguiding Guernsey - Flights for Brownie trip to Jersey,
  • GSPCA - A deep bell sink for the wildlife hospital,
  • Guernsey Cheshire Home - Fusion e-care digital system,
  • Guernsey Jumbulance Holidays - Funding for a participant requiring extra care or specialist medical assistance,
  • Guernsey Kidney Patients Association - Support for equipment and holiday dialysis,
  • Guernsey Multiple Myeloma Support Group - Fund a 2025 conference for both patients and medical professionals,
  • Guernsey Swimming Club - Train and accredit 5 volunteer teachers,
  • Headway Guernsey LBG - Annual Christmas lunch for members, their families and carers,
  • Le Rondin School Parents Staff and Friends Association - Wheelspin inclusive roundabout,
  • Les Bourgs Hospice - Electric bariatric reclining hospital armchair,
  • Les Varendes High School PTA - Support 5 students for the 2026 adventure activity trip,
  • Liberate - Swimming, football, boxing and guided foraging walk activities,
  • Lungevity - Specialised equipment for those with lung disease and conditions,
  • Relate Guernsey - Library of tools for a new family therapist,
  • Ron Short Centre LBG - 2 widescreen touch-sensitive monitors and software,
  • Shiloh Community Church - Water and washing facilities and storage area for café,
  • Soroptimist International of Guernsey - 2026 International Women's Day breakfast,
  • St James - Improve the outside space areas,
  • St John Guernsey LBG - New manikins for training adult volunteers and young people,
  • Wellbeing Animals Guernsey - UK trainer providing workshops and assessments for volunteers,
  • And, Youth Commission for Guernsey and Alderney - 15 kits for families to support conversations with their children about cancer diagnosis.

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