Douch Finds Summit To Do

The leader of a Dorset business is to climb the highest peak in the country to raise money for charities his later father supported.

Nick Douch is also taking wife Donna and daughters Lakeisha and Tamika to the summit of Scafell Pike in the Lake District. The family are raising money for the Rotary clubs of Wimborne, and St Lucia in the Caribbean – both of which were supported by Nick’s father Peter who died last year.

Douch Family Funeral Directors has seven branches in Dorset offering comprehensive funeral services, thoughtfully designed ceremony rooms, flexible pre-paid funeral options, and compassionate bereavement support to care for families during difficult times. Peter, who met his wife in St Lucia and was chairman of the family business until shortly before he died, was active in both Rotary clubs and they are the business’s charity for the year.

Scafell Pike is 3,209ft high (978m) and takes three-to-four hours to climb and on average two people die each year attempting it. Nick said:

“Colleagues have done some wonderful fundraising to support the two Rotary clubs and I was keen to do something with my family. We have climbed several peaks before but we’ve never attempted the highest in the country, which will be quite a task. However, we’ll be motivated by the thought that we’ll be raising money for two good causes.”

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Photo: Peter Douch, left, and son Nick