As a family we are trying to raise money to purchase a friendship bench for our local school, this will be a bench where children are able to come and sit to find new friends. All too often when children start a new school it can be a scary thing, while making new friends can be hard for some children as not everyone finds this easy.

As a parent having moved to a completely new area and my children having to go to a new school the affects it has on the children and the family if your child struggles to settle and make friends can effect everyone. There is nothing more heart breaking than having your child tell you that they have spent each play time and lunch time alone as they have no friends and find it a daily struggle to go to school because of this...

Our Buddy Bench project will hopefully be a place where children can come and sit and meet new friends.

We hope to raise this money with myself, my partner Rob along with our 3 dogs Betsy, Lucy and Rosie in completing the welsh 3 peaks challenge within 24 hours, this will see us climbing Snowdon, Cadair, idris and pen y fan mountains.