Stonewall's 'fabuloso' Equality Walk!
Stonewall supporters have raised more than £50,000 from the second Stonewall Equality Walk in Barcelona.
The walk through beautiful, sunny Barcelona, taking in the Gaudi landmarks and lively Las Ramblas, took place over the weekend of 13-15 July and raised vital funds for Stonewall's ongoing Education for All campaign to tackle homophobia and homophobic bullying in schools.
The walkers stayed at the award winning gay Axel Hotel where they were treated to a lavish welcome party. The10k walk and treasure hunt took place the following day and finished with a celebration party at a stunning private apartment.
The prize for top fundraiser went to Tony Selimi who raised an impressive £1,450 and won a fantastic trip to Iceland, kindly donated by Icelandair. Runner-up prizes went to Nigel Wrightson and Dave Dawson who both won a weekend stay at the Axel Hotel.
Ben Summerskill, Stonewall chief executive, said: "We're enormously grateful to everyone who took part in this year's Barcelona Walk. The cash we've raised will be a vital contribution towards our ongoing work to remove the threat of homophobic bullying that blights the lives of so many young people in Britain's schools."
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