We Will Be Raising Funds for MAP, Askar Medical Centre Nablus, Lebanese Red Cross, Peacehaven Mosque Reconstruction Fund, Care4Calais and SAMAS
On the Downs – Tom Paine Sponsored Walk 2025
Please send your donation to:
Account Name: The Brighton Trust
Sort Code 089299
Account Number: 67453784
Reference: Tom Paine Walk
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This is an annual walk from Brighton to Lewes to raise funds for a variety of good causes. Last year we raised thousands of pounds for Medical Aid for Palestine and for the creation of a new Medical Centre in Askar Refugee Camp, Nablus. This year we are raising funds for four additional projects:
Ø Care for Calais which supports refugees in Calais,
Ø The Lebanese Red Cross
Ø The Peacehaven Mosque Reconstruction Fund – since Fascists Burnt it Down and
Ø SAMAS – which supports arriving migrants and asylum seekers through collaborative community projects in East Sussex.
All the photographs are from last year’s walk.
My apologies for this late appeal but I was detained elsewhere – literally! Last year I raised over £1,000. Please help me do so again.
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I will once again be walking from Brighton to Lewes over the Downs to the house of Tom Paine – the great English-American revolutionary, author of The Rights of Man, and a fighter for freedom of the oppressed everywhere.
This is a historic and beautiful ramble, taking us from Brighton across the South Downs to Lewes – a town famous for its dissenting tradition. This year, the walk will end at Southover Grange Gardens, where a short talk on Tom Paine’s life and his relevance to the Palestinian struggle today will take place. Afterwards we will go up Southover High Street to Bull House, Tom Paine’s former home and then to a local pub for refreshments.
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The Walk
Date: Sunday, 30 August 2026
Time: Meet at 11am
Meeting point: East Brighton Park, at the junction of Wilson Avenue and Roedean Road.
People will cut across the park into the Downs, follow the trail to Woodingdean, and stop for lunch at the crossroads pub. Some participants may finish here, or join here. We’ll set off again around 1:30pm, cutting diagonally across the Downs towards Lewes. Once in Lewes, we’ll make our way to Tom Paine’s old abode/workplace on the High Street for a short concluding talk. The walk is family friendly and dogs are welcome to join as well.
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Distance: about 10 miles
Route: East Brighton → Ovingdean → Woodingdean → Lewes
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Why we walk
This sponsored walk is not just a journey through the countryside – it is an act of solidarity and a way to bring tangible support to those living under the horrific conditions created by Israeli blockade, occupation, apartheid, and genocide. This year the march is also supporting the Lebanese Red Cross, the reconstruction fund for Peacehaven Mosque and two organisations helping refugees and asylum seekers.
Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank are enduring unimaginable suffering – healthcare is under constant attack, and the situation grows more desperate by the day.
MAP remains one of the few international charities operating on the ground in Gaza, and the Medical Centre in Askar Camp in Nablus provides essential care to refugees in the West Bank. By walking and donating, we send a powerful message of compassion and resistance to injustice.
Everyone is welcome to join us for the walk.
There is no limit to the number of participants – the more, the better, as we aim to raise as much money as possible for these vital causes.
The Tom Paine Sponsored Walk 2026 is finally here!
Join Brighton & Hove Stop the War & a host of other groups this Sunday (30 August) for a brilliant solidarity walk from Brighton to Lewes, raising funds equally for 6 important organisations.
Tony Greenstein
