The cheque presentation of £2,200 for NEPOMAK UK fundraising efforts from Three Peaks Challenge took place on Saturday the 9th of February 2019 at the Cypriot Community Centre in Wood Green. The funds are to be shared by the Cypriot Community Centre and the UK Thalassaemia International Federation.

On the same day NEPOMAK UK gave back to the community by hosting a tournament of the well-loved Cypriot café classic backgammon (tavli), at the Cypriot Community Centre in Wood Green, to celebrate their success in raising these funds. The winner of the Tavli competition was Christos Orthodoxo.

The Three Peaks Challenge took place on  29th September 2018 , where members of NEPOMAK UK successfully hiked up 3 of the tallest and most challenging mountains in Wales. The intense challenge was completed in just 23 hours, with the team commencing at 1.30pm on Saturday and pushing through the night towards a 12.30pm finish on Sunday afternoon. Their efforts were to raise money and awareness for two important charities within the Cypriot community; the Thalassemia International Federation and the Wood Green Cypriot Community Centre have both been of great benefit to UK Cypriots over the past decades.

The challenge was completed by 11 members of NEPOMAK UK (A-Z): Harry Charalambous, Michali Demetroudi, Gregory Demou, Raphael Gregorian, Rico Joannou, Maria Lazarou, Maria Mistakidis, Andrew Savvides, Mary Savvides, Christos Tuton and Georgia Zacharia and enthusiastically supported by their driver Chriso Ioannou who is a member of the Secretariat of the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK.

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