Stepping onto Snowdon’s summit

An intrepid team of walkers has raised nearly £3,000 so far for us by hiking to the summit of Wales’ highest mountain, Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), during last month’s summer solstice. 

The 17-strong group undertook the nine mile trek on the evening of 21^st June, in some of the worst of the summer’s unseasonal weather, with torrential rain, strong winds and plummeting temperatures at the 1,085 metres high summit. 

Two members of our legal support panel, Graystons Solicitors and Fletchers Solicitors, each fielded a team of walkers and a number of our other supporters and friends took part. The event was supervised and supported by experienced guides at RAW Adventures. 

Our Fundraising Manager, Jo Fowler, who waved the hikers off at the start, and greeted them on their return, said, 

Despite the terrible weather, everyone remained enthusiastic, with some even planning to come back and do it again for us next year, saying it was character building and great for team building too! They said they kept motivated by thinking that this challenge was nothing compared to the daily challenges faced by the children and young people with cerebral palsy that we support. We are so grateful to everyone who took part and all the people who donated funds too.