On Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 September I will be attempting the UK 3 Peaks Challenge, climbing the 3 highest mountains in the UK in 24 hours.

I am taking on this challenge to support the Vodafone Foundation’s Choose Love campaign which is aiming to raise £1 million in 2017 to support refugees. Currently, 1 in every 113 people on earth have been forcibly displaced from their home due to conflict or natural disaster. We are facing the largest ever recorded refugee crisis, with numbers of refugees exceeding post WWII levels. 50% of those displaced are children who need both immediate and long terms support. Money raised through Choose Love will go towards the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to continue the role out of long term education programmes and Europe’s largest grassroots distributor of aid, Help Refugees, who will provide food, shelter, access to information and basic care items for women and children, including nappies.

To play my part, I am aiming to raise £2,000. That’s an ambitious target of £77 for every mile I hike! The good news is, every pound I can raise will be matched by the Vodafone Foundation to what is an incredibly important cause.