Abigail climbs high for charity

Generous Year 7 pupil Abigail spends her spare time fundraising or helping others.

Abigail has always been a firm supporter of charities. She raised funds at her primary school Farington Moss St Paul’s for a little girl in Tanzania and also has been to Cuba with her family to distribute items like toiletries to charities there.

Over Christmas, she has carried out a number of charity events, supporting her dad Jason who is taking part in The Big Battlefield Bike Ride 2020, which is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation, with all funds raised going to Help for Heroes.

“My dad has to raise a certain amount of money for the bike ride so I have been helping him,” said Abigail. “I have taken part in bag packing at Morrison’s in Stockport as that’s where most of the my dad’s team of riders are from.

“I also took part in a coffee morning at Woodley Civic Hall which raised £132 for Help for Heroes.”

As well as this, Abigail spent her Christmas Day helping others at Find a Friend Christmas Dinner at the Blue Anchor in Bretherton.

“We usually spend Christmas Day eating and relaxing and a neighbour got us involved with Find a Friend Christmas Dinner, it’s nice to do something kind.

“My job was to help to find out where the people with food allergies were sitting and make sure they got the right food so it was quite a responsible job.

“It was a testing but rewarding Christmas Day, there were around 60 people there altogether.”

Abigail is planning another trip to Cuba with her family to take more goods for those in need while she is also currently thinking about a sponsored climb at West View Leisure Centre.

“I might climb the height of Blackpool Tower or something like that for Help for Heroes.”

Despite all the charity work, Abigail has her sights set on a different future career - “I want to be a zookeeper with medium sized animals.”

Since we interviewed Abigail, she has now booked her sponsored climb at West View Leisure Centre.   On 17 February from 10:00, she and her cousin will each be climbing the equivalent height of Blackpool Tower - 158 metres!