Thank you to everyone for sponsoring me for the Aud-M-Ed Trust when Ian and I walked the West Highland Way at Easter. We were so fortunate with the weather. Apart from one morning of rain it was dry, and then sunny. All the mountain tops we clear, and there were cuckoos in every clump of trees.

Naomi is running the Liverpool Half Marathon in March to raise money for AUD-M-ED. Hearing impairment is a major source of disability and there are limited resources to provide help in developing countries. When the problem is not addressed, many children fail to develop to their potential in terms of oral communication, education, and social and emotional development. This, in turn, limits opportunities for employment and social interaction in adulthood.

In the last couple of years Milton Baptist Church have donated part of the money they received when they went out carol singing to AUD-M-ED. In 2010 the money raised covered the cost of one of the otoscopes that we have now sent to All Ears Cambodia for use in routine primary ear health care and audiology work with some of the most deprived people on the planet.

Gran Fondo Scholarship application forms are now available for download. Please click here to download them.

Frances Tweedy, Gill Painter and Wanda Neary all took part in a sponsored walk along the Ingleton Waterfall Trail on April 4th 2009. As the photos show, the trail runs through ancient oak woodland and magnificent scenery via a series of spectacular waterfalls and geological features, but is a tough walk with many sharp rises and drops for hikers to negotiate. The team would like to thank everyone who sponsored them, and helped raise money for deaf children and adults in the developing world.