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be contacted on 0870 124 0866 Journalists can access stories via the Press Association wire service or online at: Find out about other community stories on: England’s Rugby World Cup winning captain, Martin Johnson, has thrown his weight behind a charity walk to raise money for young people with disabilities. Martin, now England team manager, is one of a host of rugby legends to back the Walk4Matt, a 120 mile walk along the Grand Union canal between Rugby and the Guinness Premiership final at Twickenham, to raise funds for SpecialEffect, a charity dedicated to helping young, disabled people enjoy computer games. The walk, which will begin at Clifton Lock in Rugby on May 8, is the brainchild of SpecialEffect’s patron Matt Hampson, who was paralysed while training for the England Under 21 rugby team.
The event, supported by all 12 Guinness Premiership teams, aims to raise funds for the world’s first fully accessible computer games suite at the Helen and Douglas House Hospice, the centrepiece of which will be a &pound60,000 eye control machine that will give disabled youngsters the opportunity to play computer games using just their eyes.