The Fun Factory on Albany Road, Weymouth, held a special fundraising day on Sunday 10th May to help Wayne Ingram raise £300 towards his Liferaft Survival Challenge, in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
Many thanks to Jason Seale from the Fun Factory, who set up the event, and his staff for making it a great day. Jason & Wayne cleaned cars throughout the day using washkits supplied by Halfords. A raffle and prize draw was held, with the 1st prize a BMX bike supplied by Halfords of Weymouth, the 2nd prize a free MoT test by BMWeymouth, and 3rd prize a balloon
pirate sculpture by Krazy Kev the balloonist
Thanks also to Fancy’s Farm of Portland who brought along five 10-week old goats, and to Wayne’s wife Cara who raised money face-painting all day. The Fun Factory also donated £1 from each entrance fee for the day
Wayne’s Life Raft Survival Challenge, starting Monday 18th May at 12 noon, will see him spend seven days and nights in a life raft in Portland Harbour tethered to a buoy, and with just one day’s food and water supply, simulating having to abandon a ship out at sea. This means rationing the water and food he has, and supplement it by collecting rainwater, catching fish, and eating them raw…
His health and endurance during the challenge is being studied by Dr Joe Costello, from Portsmouth University’s Department of Sport and Exercise Science. To their knowledge, nothing like this has ever been attempted under these conditions
Wayne will be entering the life raft at 12 noon on Monday, 18 May from Portland Marina, and can be viewed from the marina during his week-long challenge – so please go down and support him when you can with a wave! Updates of his progress during the challenge will be posted on his website www.wayneingram.com and social media, including ongoing video reports by Wayne
Wayne’s target is to raise £20,000 towards the accommodation provided for families of children undergoing treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Please help by donating via JustGiving www.justgiving.com/Wayne-Ingram-Fundraising or texting: LCXD63 £1, £2, £5, or £10 to 70070
The thought that will keep him going is that if everyone supporting his Liferaft Survival Challenge gives just £1, then he will meet and even surpass his target…
