From Harry to Huskies for The Dream Factory Queens Park Rangers football manager, Harry Redknapp has become one of The Dream Factory charity patrons. He gave his support to the charity when he was the special guest at an awards evening at Epping St John’s School towards the end of last year.
day, 250km Husky Sled Challenge across the Arctic in April in temperatures of –20 degrees. They will be expected to erect their own tent, cook their own food and look after their own team of huskies. The extreme wilderness challenge begins in Norway and finishes in Sweden.
Avril, from Epping - who set up the charity five years You can support the charity by visiting ago following the death of her son Oliver, nine, from leukaemia - had previously met Redknapp when he www.justgiving.com/huskyartic/ helped make a dream come true for a boy who wanted to have lunch with Harry and meet the Tottenham players at the club's Chigwell training ground. Redknapp has offered to support the charity by becoming a patron and help make football-related dreams come true. Avril was recently a guest on the BBC Essex breakfast programme, where she was invited to review the Sunday papers and was interviewed by presenter Peter Holmes (pictured right) about the history of the charity. Avril said of the experience, “It was great to be invited onto BBC Essex to chat about the Dream Factory and to also be able to highlight the great help I receive from volunteers, patrons and trustees.” Along with the charity’s co-ordinator, Martin Bye, Avril will be raising money when they take part in a seven
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