Last year I raised £1,132. This year ESFF is organising another sponsored walk. Please help me raise even more this year.

Freedom from Torture is part of a coalition groups who came together to successfully prevent the first deportation flight to Rwanda. It does vital work in helping refugees cope with the traumas associated with torture and that is why I am happy to do this walk each year.

The walk takes about 3 hours and involves walking up and down 4 or 5 hills. I will be travelling from what was the ancient village of Exceat (now the 7 Sisters Country Park) to East  Dean.

I shall be doing it with my son, Daniel, who is autistic. Whilst I was puffing and panting as I ascended the hills Daniel barely had a bead of sweat! But I am happy to put myself through this again in order to try and raise a similar amount of money again.

Exceat was a bustling fishing village founded in Saxon times. It was sheltered from the weather by the protection of the Cuckmere Valley. The village was also said to have been one of the most important naval bases for King Alfred the Great.

Nowadays Exceat is nothing more than a ruined church, a visitor centre, and a stone marker memorialising the old village.

The Cuckmere Haven area is a beautiful spot; with the dramatic Seven Sisters cliffs to the east, the blue expanse of the English Channel to the south, and the rolling hills of the South Downs above.

The whole valley is traced by the winding river Cuckmere, which gives the valley its name.

If you would like to contribute there are a number of ways to do so.

i.              You can transfer money by BACS to

Name of account: The Brighton Trust

Sort Code             09-01-28

Account No:        91420311

ii.            Paypal info@thebrightontrust.org.uk

Please ensure that it is a personal donation and not payment for a service as otherwise Paypal takes about 5%!

iii.        You can send a cheque made out to ‘The Brighton Trust’ to:

Brighton Trust at PO Box 173, Rottingdean, Brighton BN51 9EZ

In all cases please put as a reference ‘Torture’ so that it doesn’t get confused with any other payments.

Thank you,

Tony Greenstein