Why I'm supporting St Christopher's
In November 2026, I’ll be heading to the Sahara Desert for an unforgettable trek — two full days and two half days of walking across golden dunes and rugged terrain, camping beneath the stars each night.
I’ve worked at St Christopher’s Hospice for 2.5 years and see every day the incredible care, compassion, and support our hospice provides to patients and their families. I’ve been involved in fundraising before, but this time I wanted to take on something truly big — to challenge myself and show just how much this place means to me. I’m so excited (and a little nervous!) to take on the desert heat and make every step count for St Christopher’s.
St Christopher’s Hospice exists to promote and provide skilled and compassionate palliative care of the highest quality. Their vision is of a world in which all dying people and those close to them have access to appropriate care and support, when they need it, wherever they need it, and whoever they are.
They rely on the generosity of their community, through fundraising campaigns like this, to continue providing specialist palliative and family care services free of charge.
Thank you so much for your support — it truly makes a difference.
My Achievements
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Received 5 donations
50% fundraising target
Fundraising target reached 100%
Thank you to my Sponsors
£100
Zeeshan
£100
Matthew Turner
£90
Ken
Good luck and safe travels Dave!
£84.83
Staff Bake Sale 2nd June (cash & Card)
£55
Chloe Stewart
Proud of you. Lots of love always. Xo
£52
Kyle Konkoski
GOOOOOOOOOD luck! xo
£52
Joyce And John
Good luck, Dave. X
£52
Jonny Perkins
£52
Lucy And Alex
Good luck Dave!
£52
Morgan Elliott
Anyone voluntarily walking across the Sahara clearly needs help. Here’s some. Joking, great cause! Good luck mate x
£52
Helena Deards
£50
Matthew Lonsdale
Go Dave!
£50
Cecelia Hornsby
You’re amazing. So proud of you x
£50
Hilary Lavender
Wish you well Dave
£50
Dwain Gardner-gold
Only joking
£50
Miranda Ashby-wood
Best of luck! Miranda xxxxxx
£44
Alex Jenkins
Great cause, good luck Dave!
£37
Sahara Staff Bake Sale Caritas House 7th July
£35
Louise Dymoke
Good luck Mr Tustin !!
£30
Tim Atwood
Well done mate. Sunscreen and a bottle of water you'll be fine 🙂
£29
Rebecca Hewit
Good luck! Pack a cooler bag with Asahis and you’ll be fine x
£29
Dave Tustin
£29
Jack Wetherill
Good luck! Sounds amazing!
£25
Neena Bhamber
Proud of you Dave - you can do it!!
£25
Sarah Rees
Great work Dave. Just think how good the beer is going to taste after this!
£24
Ken
£21
India Hosten-hughes
Good luck!!
£21
Adelaide Leeder
You will smash it Dave!
£21
Misha Anand
Good luck with this amazing goal!
£20
Adrian Bradley
Good luck!
£20
Sal Brigham
St Christopher’s is such an important local resource & helps so many people in their toughest times. Best of luck next year!
£20
Anonymous
£10
Christine Davies
Raffle
£10
Sophie
I’m in shock you’re leaving Crystal Palace Good luck Dave.
£10
Nicky Hayward.
Take that - Nicky Hayward Good luck Dave
£10
Grace Larder
Good luck! Hopefully this heatwave is preparing you well
£10
Adjoa Forson
£10
Helena Talbot-rice
Go Dave Go
£10
Anonymous
£10
Karen Bascombe
Good luck Dave
£10
Kathryn Moore
Raffle
£10
Teresa
£10
Clare Hodder
Raffle! Good luck Dave :-)
£5
Sam Hunt
Raffle ! Good luck fella, great cause ! ;)
£5
Emily Fisher
Raffle
£5
Maureen Kennedy- Brooks
Raffle Well done Dave ☺️☺️☺️
£5
Quynh Diep
Raffle
£5
Karen Atkinson
Good luck! Amazing effort!!
£5
Tom Abbott
Take That - Yom Abbott
£5
Tracy Williams
£5
Kaiya F-s
Raffle- Kaiya
£5
Karen Woodford
RAFFLE PLEASE 😁
£5
Anny Ash
Go Dave - Raffle please!
£5
Remi Knight
Raffle :)
£5
Luke W
Raffle
£5
Jaki Mcgill
Raffle
£1
Lucy Heward
Raffle!
£1
Anonymous
Raffle
£1
Dgg
That’s all you’re getting 👀
Great cause! Good luck ❤️