Kintbury fitness friends raise £2,860 for Ukraine

TWO fitness friends from Kintbury helped to raise a whopping £2,860 for victims of the ongoing horror in Ukraine.

Suzie Burnham and Sophie Addison held a day-long charity workout with clients and friends in order to donate to the War Child charity.

Ms Burnham runs her own personal training fitness business, Suzie Burnham Fitness in Kintbury.

She and Ms Addison often train together, and during one of their recent training sessions they came up with the idea of holding a rotating team workout with as many of Ms Burnham's clients as possible, all donating towards War Child.

War Child states it is "striving for a world in which no child's life is torn apart by war".

They aim to protect, educate and stand up for the rights of children living in war zones across the world and to provide the emergency care and support to overcome the emotional and physical toll of conflict, as well as access to services to catch up on lost education that will help transform children’s futures for the better.

The effort raised £1,430 which was then doubled by a Government aid match.

Ms Burnham said: "I'm blessed with an amazing group of clients from the local area.

"I suggested to them all we must do something positive, and had a tremendous response.

"We had five teams of four people, rotating throughout the morning and early afternoon in my converted gym, everyone working in pairs competing against each other.

"We had so much fun watching everyone sweating, with pumping music and a lot of laughs too.

"We're so grateful to everyone who participated and donated and we were thrilled by the amount we raised.

"Thank you to all my incredibly generous clients for being so up for the challenge."