SETA WALK RAISES £1500 FOR WISH UPON A STAR

Stockport based SETA Training pulled on their hiking boots last Friday and walked around Lyme Park to raise funds for charity.

Each year Stockport Engineering Training Association (SETA) gets active for its annual Sponsored Walk for charity – and for the second year running SETA is fundraising for  ‘When you Wish Upon a Star’.

Over 50 apprentices and members of staff took part in the 5 mile hike which was hosted at Lyme Park, Disley. SETA raised over £1500 for the walk and will be hosting a ‘Santa Dash’ on the 13^th of December in order to raise further funds to hit its 2013/14 fundraising target of £3000.   

SETA has a strong ethos of supporting the community and local charities. Each year SETA supports a local charity and organises fundraising events throughout the year to meet its fundraising target which it increases each year.  “When you Wish Upon a Star” is a small charity that grants wishes for children with life threatening or terminal illness year. Annually the charity takes 100 children to meet Father Christmas in Lapland and SETA is aiming to raise £3000  in 2013/14 to send 4 children to Lapland to meet Father Christmas. SETA believe getting young people involved in the local community through fundraising is key in the enrichment and development of young people at SETA.

Quote from SETA Chief Executive Officer:

“It was a well organised walk which gave the staff a chance to interact with the learners in a social environment, whilst allowing the learners to experience some of our heritage.”

“The learners all succeeded in completing the walk as well as doing a good job of raising funds for our nominated Charity, “When you Wish upon a Star”, the funds raised will help us towards achieving our goal for this year of £3000.00, which will be enough to send four children to Lapland to see Santa.”

Comment from Chloe Feeney, SETA Apprentice, 17:

“The day was really good fun and a chance to raise money for a good cause. I think we raised a lot for the walk and with fundraising events hosted throughout the year I think we will definitely hit out target of £3000.”

“I decided to get into engineering because I enjoy a challenge and am more practically minded. I am applied to SETA because they work with a range of engineering employers and there are lots of opportunities here. I am really enjoying my time here and glad I didn’t choose a career path that most girls seem to go down.”   

Comment from James Massey, SETA Apprentice, 17:

                “I really enjoyed the day. I had never heard of “When you Wish upon a Star” so it made me and my sponsors aware of the charity.”