We recently ran a story on our blog (13th November) about Portland College who won brasher footwear in a competition in the Sunderland Echo earlier this year.
The children came along to the brasher offices to collect their prizes and were delighted with their new boots.

Mr Ross sent us this photo of the group who proudly showed off their new footwear to their classmates when they got back to school.

Back in July we ran a competition in The Sunderland Echo in conjunction with Sunderland Healthy School Programme to offer schools a chance to win 5 pairs of brasher boots, a starter kit to enable children to enjoy walking in the great outdoors.

The competition was open to all schools who were working towards or who had achieved National Healthy Schools Status, which was set up by the government after a campaign from Jamie Oliver.

Portland College, a college for children with special needs in Sunderland won the competition.
The winners came along to the brasher offices with their headteacher Mr Ross and Lee Murdoch from Healthy Schools Programme where they were presented with their boots by Andy Loeber, brasher Managing Director.

The pupils were delighted with their new brasher footwear and socks which they'll soon be wearing out on the trails as the school has recently set up the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme.

Photograph courtesy of the Sunderland Echo.

With the weather changing wouldn't it be great to get away and enjoy a city break....

brasher are currently running an instore promotion with the chance to win a city break.
When you try on a pair of footwear from the new Autumn Winter AT:20 range you can fill out your details on one of the promotional postcards and be in with the chance of winning one of 10 city breaks.
This offer is running in participating AT20 stockists until the end of November.

To find your nearest stockist call 0191 5165780.

In June we ran a competition with outdoorsmagic.com to find the brasher spacehopper hidden on our website. Ten lucky winners each won a pair of Calusa XCR and part of their prize was to write a review for the brasher blog including a photo of themselves wearing their Calusa footwear in their 'outdoor playground'.

Geoff Dagger from Blackburn is our first happy winner to write in!

"Firstly I would like to say how pleased I am with my lovely brasher Calusa XCR's. As a long time supporter of old fashioned leather boots I was expecting to be slightly underwhelmed by them.

The first thing you notice when you put them on is the comfortably shaped footbed. For someone who has extremely flat feet I found that these not only felt comfortable but immediately improved my posture, which has led to a reduction in backache. They also provide very firm support around the ankles.

I was also surprised to find how easily they are to clean, they have lots of fiddly bits on the uppers which look like they will trap dirt, but so far they have come up clean very easily. The soles don't seem to clog up with dirt so that's another plus and are quite thick which act as good shock absorbers and grip well in the wet.

I would have to say on longer treks or extremely boggy conditions it would be back to my leather boots, but for less demanding jaunts they are ideal. My only slight critisism is I find them rather narrow around the toe area and would have preferred a little more room, though maybe I'll get used to this.

Also another unexpected bonus was they look so good that they can be used as day wear instead of trainers, and with previously mentioned comfort and posture benefits, are ideal for wearing at concerts and other times when you are stood around for long periods.

All in all I'm a convert and look forward to many happy times using my brasher Calusa XCR's."

brasher's Festival Frisbees were out in force at Glastonbury this year as evidenced by festival goers Martha Brows and James Fog of Bingley, West Yorkshire who sent us the following playground pics and Glasto report:

"We were working backstage at The Park in Glastonbury and had the most tremendous fun with brasher's frisbees which were launched into the crowd from the stage and found their way to LandsEnd bar!

"We instigated a 'catch the frisbee on the backstage bull' competition (as demonstrated by James in the photo below) and attracted a whole host of party goers wanting a piece of the action. I'm looking forward to receiving my comfy socks as I'll need them for next year's festival for sure! Thanks brasher for a whole evening of frisbee entertainment!!

Keep checking the Festival Frisbee news as it happens throughout the summer.

And don't forget for any frisbee photos you send in, there are pairs of super-comfy brasher 'Festival Socks' to be won.

Festival Frisbee photos should be sent to info@brasher.co.uk and the best ones will appear in a gallery on the blog at www.brasher.co.uk.