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Three councillors feel the heat for Sydenham palliative care hospice

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12 Nov '18

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Three councillors feel the heat for Sydenham palliative care hospice

Three councillors who are used to feeling the heat in chamber meetings have endured hot temperatures in a more literal sense.

The Labour Councillors, Kevin Brooks, Simon Jeal and Josh King, decided to walk on fire for a palliative care hospice.

The trio have so far raised £228 of their targeted £400 for St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham after the daring walk on November 9.

“I’m pretty risk averse so it’s not my sort of thing at all,” Cllr Jeal said.

“But the team at St Christopher’s do amazing work for local residents and their families, so walking across fire was the least I could do to support them.”

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