A 1,085 metre walk up Snowdon to help children thousands of miles away has been completed.

Lornna Aston-Perry, chair of Northwich Ladies Circle and six others involved with the group made their way up the highest mountain in Wales on Saturday, June 26, in aid of Charity World.

The group, which included Lornna, Caroline Easton, Katie Jones, Ruth Funnell, Natalia Janik and Tim McArdle from Charity World, have helped raise a remarkable £1000… and 55p so far helped by Lornna’s little boy.

The charity provides schooling to street children and families living in poor rural regions in India, whose families cannot afford good quality education.

“I could burst with joy. Mentally it’s helped us. Physically it will help so many street children in India.

“My little boy came to me and gave me 55p, I think that speaks volumes. Whatever we can do and however much we can raise I know that the charity will be eternally grateful and I’m sure these children will as well,” Lornna, a Northwich resident of 18 years, said.

“With everything that’s going on at the minute I think they need quite a lot of help.

“Charity World will also see these children through to university if needed so they will be able to provide better schooling, school uniforms and give them education.”

Katie, one of the group who climbed Snowdon, said: “Everyone has their own mountain to climb especially after this last year coming out of lockdown, it’s a bit like symbolism climbing Snowdon.”

The charity is particularly close to Lornna’s heart as she is a foster carer herself, and Charity World offers support to these families in the form of guidance, training and financial help to ensure they can continue to make life a changing impact for these children.

Lornna added: “I know we’re only a small island and the world is such a big place, but doing something like this can bring the world together.

"We’re all fighting through it but these children that are now homeless and have no education, the fact that if we raise £150 that can be a computer for a school or put one child in education for one year, that’s making such a massive difference to their little lives.”

Further donations can be made here.