Auditel consultant goes the extra miles to help ex-servicemen's charity

Good luck to Auditel Consultant James Bury who is setting off today to run/walk the equivalent of 4 marathons in 2 days to raise funds for the British Limbless Ex-servicemen’s Association. This is an organisation that works tirelessly to help servicemen and women who have lost limbs or eyes and, very sadly, the fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq means demand for their services is increasing daily.

James has been providing cost reduction services to BLESMA for several years but wants to go further in raising both funds for and awareness of their phenomenal work. Appropriately enough, given the city’s association with the armed forces and Wednesday’s homecoming parade, James will be starting his epic trek in Winchester and will be making his way along the South Downs Way to Eastbourne, over 100 miles away.  His aim is to do it in under 48 hours, but with good weather and a fair wind, hopes to be quite a bit quicker.

So far James has raised over £700 in sponsorship and been really delighted by the enthusiastic backing of so many people. It demonstrates tremendous support for our forces, and the strong desire to help those who have sacrificed so much.