Harry Potter star joins wing walkers to fundraise for Hope House Hospices

There was an extra sprinkle of magic as a team of brave wing walkers took to the sky to raise more than £16,000 for Hope House Children’s Hospices.

James Phelps, who played Fred Weasley in the Harry Potter series, joined two teams of wing walkers raising money for the hospices.

He joined Hope House’s Chair of Trustees, Steve Henly, and Lottery Manager, Emily Pearce, who were part of one of the groups taking on the daring challenge while dressed as the Hope House Hound and a Teletubby.

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The wing walkers were brought together by husband-and-wife team Anthony and Vanessa Watts and their children from Knighton, Powys, who very generously donated the places, meaning every penny raised went directly to supporting seriously ill local children and their families.

“It was an amazing day seeing everyone flying through the skies for such an incredible local cause,” said Anthony.

“We have been supporting Hope House for a long time and to raise more than £16,000 with the wing walk day was just incredible and we’d like to thank all the walkers for raising so much money.

“Having James join us was also very special and certainly added a little bit of magic to the day.

Picture credit: Neil Tung

“We will be looking at holding another wing walk next year, so keep an eye out for details about how you can get involved in this amazing challenge.”

Fundraiser, Dawn Ball, said: “We are so grateful to all our brave wing walkers – they were all absolutely incredible.

“To raise such an amazing amount of money is amazing.

“Without such wonderful support like this from the wing walkers and people like Anthony and Vanessa and the rest of the Watts family we would not be here to care for the children and families that need us.

“Thank you all so much.”

You can still sponsor the group at www.justgiving.com/team/teamwattsy