{"id":51810,"date":"2016-01-21T13:09:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T13:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?p=51810"},"modified":"2016-01-21T13:31:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T13:31:52","slug":"mark-braves-a-soaking-for-a-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/mark-braves-a-soaking-for-a-good-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark braves a soaking for a good cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/further-education\/courses\/agriculture\/\" target=\"_blank\">Agriculture<\/a> Course Manager and Advanced Practitioner Mark Walton braved a soaking in freezing temperatures to raise money for an African charity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51812\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Preparing-for-a-soaking-mark-Walton-with-students-Sam-Gibbons-Alex-Hutson-and-Matt-Dudley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51812\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Preparing-for-a-soaking-mark-Walton-with-students-Sam-Gibbons-Alex-Hutson-and-Matt-Dudley-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Preparing for another soaking mark Walton with students Sam Gibbons, Alex Hutson and Matt Dudley\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Preparing-for-a-soaking-mark-Walton-with-students-Sam-Gibbons-Alex-Hutson-and-Matt-Dudley-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Preparing-for-a-soaking-mark-Walton-with-students-Sam-Gibbons-Alex-Hutson-and-Matt-Dudley-1030x684.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Preparing-for-a-soaking-mark-Walton-with-students-Sam-Gibbons-Alex-Hutson-and-Matt-Dudley-1500x996.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Preparing-for-a-soaking-mark-Walton-with-students-Sam-Gibbons-Alex-Hutson-and-Matt-Dudley-705x468.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Preparing-for-a-soaking-mark-Walton-with-students-Sam-Gibbons-Alex-Hutson-and-Matt-Dudley-450x298.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preparing for another soaking mark Walton with students Sam Gibbons, Alex Hutson and Matt Dudley<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Students and staff queued up to hurl wet sponges and, in some cases, full buckets of water at Mark while he was secured in stocks, with donations reaching \u00a3154 in just one hour.<\/p>\n<p>Mark leaves for Uganda in early February as a volunteer with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ugandaid.com\/ugandaid_uk.html\">Ugandaid UK<\/a>, an Altrincham based group which sponsors vocational training and life skills for young people, supports less fortunate families and works with local schools to promote understanding of Ugandan cultures and values .<\/p>\n<p>Mark, accompanied by sons Sam, 26, and Josh, 24, will travel to Jinja, in east Uganda, with a team of volunteers and will spend two weeks building pit latrines and helping to renovate a maternity ward at a hospital.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51813\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-Walton-gets-a-soaking-in-the-stocks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51813\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-Walton-gets-a-soaking-in-the-stocks-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Walton gets a soaking in the stocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-Walton-gets-a-soaking-in-the-stocks-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-Walton-gets-a-soaking-in-the-stocks-1030x684.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-Walton-gets-a-soaking-in-the-stocks-1500x996.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-Walton-gets-a-soaking-in-the-stocks-705x468.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-Walton-gets-a-soaking-in-the-stocks-450x298.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Walton gets a soaking in the stocks<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The money raised by the soaking and by a weekend bag pack at a local supermarket will go towards building materials for the projects.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the third time that Mark has travelled to Uganda to help local communities. 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