My Story

Hi,

Wilf Box and co-driver is Matt Lee.

Wilf Box, recently retired after 21 years serving in the fire service. He has taken part in many events to raise money for different charities. From "6 Countries 6 Days" cycling through Europe to The Great Run half marathon in full fire kit including boots and a full breathing apparatus on his back.

Matt Lee, is a recently retired police officer having served 25 years with police Scotland and prior to this 7 years wirh the Royal Air Force Police. Matt has done previous charity work for various organisations including Great Ormond St Childrens hospital as he is also a live kidney Doner.

Rally for Heroes will give us the opportunity and experience like nothing like we have done before.

The adventure takes place 10th - 20th August 2022.

A bit of back ground to RFH......

Rally for Heroes as we know it today was brought into existence in 2010 when 27 vehicles and 52 people embarked to cover a minimum of 5 miles for each serviceman that had given their lives whilst on active service in Afghanistan since the recent troubles began in 2001. This meant that a target of 1600 miles was set and completed by all taking part.

Since this time the event has been ran bi-annually ever since with a further 5 previous events, taking place in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018

2022 sees yet another group of intrepid participants take part in Rally for Heroes that has kept to its early ethos and will, see everyone who competes complete a minimum distance of approx 2500 miles that equates to the 456 lives that were lost during the Afghanistan Conflict.

It will, with your help, attempt to raise a minimum of £100,000 for SSAFA (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association) by taking 50 vehicles around Europe crossing 9 countries in just 10 days.

This will be our 10th Anniversary and will be bigger and better than before.

Together we have managed to raise in 2018 :- £140,246.33 for SSAFA increasing our former record by over £13k!!

Overall our total raised is

£532,111.23

Again an unbelievable amount!!

Please help us support the charity...

Please help us to hit our target and aid SSAFA in helping those that have served our Nation!

The cost of this driving challenge is funded entirely by ourselves . This means that every penny donated to our fund raising page goes directly to SSAFA. Please help us to achieve and exceed the overall target of £100,000 for this worthy cause and charity.

We have both learned that during our lifeves you don't have to do much to make a difference, you just have to do something.

No donation is considered too small.

Thank you for your support.

Wilf and Matt