Freeze Your Bits and Bobs Off

The final numbers are in

Treasurer Lesley Trivett has announced that Gift Aid on donations made in respect of our Freeze Your Bits and Bobs Off walk through Bradgate Park on a freezing Sunday morning in January, we can pass on a total of £14,500.

So cancer charities Breast Cancer Now and Prostaid will each be sent £7,250.
This annual walk, first proposed by Lesley, has now raised about £40,000 since 2024.
You can see our coverage of the previous walks here Freeze Your Bits off 2024 - Bradgate Rotary Club, here and here Facebook.

The 2026 walk was started by MP Peter Bedford The walk got some helpful publicity on ITV and on BBC Leicester BBC Leicester

If you or your friends took part, please follow this link Freeze Your Bits And Bobs Off 2026 | Flickr for dozens of photos. Are you in any of them?

President Nicki Little said afterwards that she was delighted by the result and very grateful to everyone who walked, sponsored the walkers and helped us in the background in all sorts of ways.

It is hoped that the 2027 walk will be held in Bradgate Park – to whom Nicki expressed particular thanks – on Sunday, January 10. To be kept in touch with our plans for it, please hit the Contact Us button on this page.

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