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Skiing With Heroes:
three days to change a life
Skiing With Heroes Business Challenge
28th – 31st January 2016
“
This week has been a fresh start. I have laughed so much
and really improved my skiing. It has also allowed me time to
look to the future and put in place some goals to help me through
the times ahead. I really don’t want to go backwards and I hope that
“
Skiing With Heroes can help me manage my symptoms and give
me confidence to meet all the challenges ahead.
Matt, Veteran Week 2014
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The Charity “
“
He came back so excited and ambitious for our future. I’ve noticed
a very big change in his attitude and his confidence is growing
Dana S, wife of Mark S, Ski Week 2015
Skiing With Heroes is a UK based charity that helps attempting a sport and having to re-socialise – skills
medically discharged veterans, including those who which have often been lost due to lack of confidence
fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, with life changing and isolation following severe injury. Finally, this
injuries back into work through a specially designed becomes an ongoing rehabilitation relationship
ski-based development, mentoring and employment involving pain management and mentoring towards
programme. Since the first ski week in Klosters in meaningful civilian life and employment.
2013, the charity has been able to increase the
number of veterans supported each year. “It really has been an amazing week, I have met
some truly inspirational people who have given me
Whether suffering from severe physical injuries,
the drive to want to go back home, and challenge
combat stress, or a combination of both, every
myself and reach goals that I have set myself. It has
January the charity takes wounded veterans,
also been great for everyone to share their stories
supported by Ski Buddies, and introduces them to
and makes you feel that you are not on your own
skiing using specially adaptive ski equipment and
when it comes to the PTSD side of things. I just want
adaptive trained instructors. The programme helps
to say a huge thank you for this amazing week; it has
them to regain lost confidence, and rebuilds their
been something extremely special.”
core strength and fitness. This leads to greater
independence by facing the challenge of both CH 2014 veteran
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The Challenge “
“
I came off the slopes a different person, with a completely different
frame of mind towards my own life and future
John F, veteran 2013
The Business Challenge was conceived as a way to
raise awareness and engage the business
community with wounded veterans, creating strong
links with potential employers whilst providing an
opportunity for teamwork and personal
development for those entering teams. Skiing With
Heroes aims to continue to develop its valued
community of supporters across leading UK
businesses and hopes they will continue to support
the charity and its goals to raise much needed
funds. Through our inaugural event in January 2015,
the Business Challenge raised over £45,000 to go
towards the development of Pain Management and
employment opportunities for our veterans.
“This was a fantastic weekend to spend with
veterans and to find out more about their needs. We
will definitely put a team in again next year.”
John F, Wye Tree, Business Challenge 2015
“There is a very special vibe around Skiing With
Heroes and I feel hugely privileged to have been a
part of the journey so far.”
Dave J, veteran 2015
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Take part
Skiing With Heroes Business Challenge
2016 – wounded veterans take on
Britain’s business best.
The Business Challenge is a great opportunity for you
to support the veterans and the work of Skiing With
Heroes: you only need to be an intermediate (and
above) skier in order to compete with our veterans.
It’s a demanding, adrenaline fuelled and competitive
Our first event in January 2015 was a huge success, event organized by James Palmer-Tomkinson of PT
where veterans and the business world forged Ski, who has designed the course with his intimate
friendships and new business connections, while knowledge of the terrain and resort. The Challenge
sharing a love of skiing and the mountains, and ensures able bodied and disabled skiers compete on
raising funds for Skiing With Heroes. equal terms. You do not have to be of Olympic
standard to take part!
Teams of four are invited to take part in the 2016
Challenge in Klosters. You will be tested against Each team is expected to raise at least £10,000 to
other corporate teams during a ski marathon and take part, ideally with more through corporate
slalom. You will also race against teams consisting of matched funding. Half board accommodation, ski
former veterans from our ski weeks, as well as those pass and equipment hire is included, but excludes
who have progressed to Paralympic glory. flights and lunches etc.
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Fundraising for
pain management
and employment “
“
I am so very grateful for all that you and your team did for me
(and my wife). I am still smiling which is such a change for me.
I am starting to feel happiness, which has been absent for far too
long now. I do believe that my recovery has begun.
Ben, veteran 2013
Pain Management – or rather the lack of it – has recovery. When we ask veterans which issues are
become a major concern for all of us assisting most important to them, they always respond “Pain
veterans through Skiing With Heroes. Management and getting a job.”
Far too often veterans continue to be given Fundamentally the former facilitates the latter, but
medication no longer suitable for their stages of there is a gap in the provision of adequate pain
management support for discharged veterans, that
Skiing With Heroes aims to address.
It is our urgent mission to raise enough funds to pay
for Pain Management facilities to be established and
we require £400,000 for its setup costs as well as
ongoing yearly running costs.
“Thank you so much for getting me back to a
routine, it was the push I needed. Referring me to
the pain management doctor was really helpful
although very hard – getting off all the different
meds has made me ready for work and I feel so
much better now that I am medication FREE –
thank you”
Steve S, Veteran Week 2013
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The itinerary
The Business Challenge weekend is designed for intermediate skiers and above
Thursday 28th January 2016 Saturday 30th January 2016
AM: Flight to Zurich and transfer to Klosters hotel AM: The Giant Slalom. Each entrant will have two
attempts on the giant slalom course
PM: Team briefing, welcome drinks party and dinner
PM: Prize giving dinner
Friday 29th January 2016
Sunday 31st January 2016
The Ski Marathon, 11:00-16:30
Departure / optional skiing
Teams ski as far as possible in the time allowed,
according to the rules that reward strategy and
cunning more than outright speed and power.
Teams must ski together for the whole event and Last year’s Skiing With Heroes Business Challenge
get as close as they can to the maximum distance 2015 was won by a team of veterans and they will
of 101.8km. Gradients, hazards, stamina and pace be back to defend their title!
will all play crucial roles, so the winning team will be
the best prepared team players.
PM: Dinner and a talk about achievements
against the odds
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How to join us
We look forward to welcoming you to the Skiing With Heroes business community
For more information or to request an
entry form
Contact James Palmer-Tomkinson by emailing
james@ptski.com or call 020 7736 5557 to be sent
your entry form.
Costs for corporate teams
£10,000 per team of four (of which approximately
£3,000 goes towards the cost of accommodation,
ski passes, dinners etc).
This includes half board accommodation, ski pass
and equipment hire but excludes flights and lunches
etc.
We are flexible about the plans for your weekend. If
you wish to bring supporters and / or organise your
own accommodation, or if you have any additional
queries about the event, please contact James
Palmer-Tomkinson.
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Skiing With Heroes Business Challenge
28th – 31st January 2016
Skiing With Heroes relies entirely on fundraising, donations and
contributions in order to thrive. We hope you will join us for the Skiing With
Heroes Business Challenge weekend and help change a life.
Skiing With Heroes, 38 Connaught Square, London W2 2HL
E: info@skiingwithheroes.com
W: www.skiingwithheroes.com
Registered charity no. 1149727
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