▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ ▲ ▲▲

▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ ▲ ▲▲

▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ ▲ ▲▲

▲ ▲▲▲▲▲

▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ ▲ ▲▲

12 lmss charities

Maddie Boyers & Alex Nelson 2nd Year Medical Students LMSS Charities Sec 2016-17

We can see where the money raised from LMSS events goes and see the difference it makes in the city

Following on from Boone and Hamish ’ s incredible year was never going to be an easy task . As freshers , we loved their events and were keen to get involved as much as we could . When March came around , we took the chance to run for charity reps , and against some stiff * competition , we got ourselves a place on committee . After thinking about it carefully , we decided to choose two local charities , Claire House Children ’ s Hospice and The Whitechapel Centre . We are passionate about these charities as we can see where the money raised from LMSS events goes and see the difference it makes in the city we all

Summer Ball 2016 call home for at least 5 years .

At the end of April we had our charity debut , finding raffle prizes for the LMSS Summer Ball . Alongside revising for our VERY stressful first year exams , we managed to get a handful of great prizes kindly donated from local and national businesses which we hoped would go down well . After a stressful ‘ girls gone wild ’ - esque bus journey to Southport , losing charity buckets ( that weren ’ t lost ) and not quite remembering the raffle , we managed to raise £ 356.35 for Claire House . Not a bad start to our year .

LMSS 3 Peaks 2016

3 peaks planning was well under way and by the end of summer we had 97 people signed up to hike across Yorkshires 3 biggest mountains ** ( yes , mountains ), all this planning despite being half way across the world and living in 2 separate countries . Lupine Adventure Company pushed our team through the peaks and we couldn ’ t have done it without their encouragement and entertainment throughout the day . They even supported our ever so slightly hungover trouper , Gina , who only completed half of the first peak before realising that getting in at 3:30am for our 4am start wasn ’ t the best idea … By the time we reached the bottom of the first peak this was old news as we heard Femi had arrived in his Delta taxi from Liverpool after oversleeping and missing the bus that morning . Still to this day he won ’ t tell us how much he paid for that Delta but we appreciate the effort and he went on to complete the Yorkshire 2 peaks in a great time . The aches , pains and blisters were worth it at the end of the day when everyone smashed the 12hour challenge , with the first group coming in sub 9 hours and everyone else staggered not too far behind . We had a really fantastic day and we ’ re so proud of everyone . The total completely exceeded our expectations raising £ 17,271 . We want to thank everyone who took part and to anyone who donated , it makes a huge difference .

Sphincter magazine | volume 80 issue 2 | Winter 2016 edition