A friend of mine from home has been supporting this charity fora few years - so to help out I thought I'd do a charity swim. The plan is to swim 100km in the River Shannon in Ireland (Britain and Ireland's longest river) over the May half term as quickly as possible. More info on the charity and what they do is below:

130 million girls around the world today are denied an education simply because they are girls. There are many barriers to girls education globally: poverty, child marriage, sexual exploitation, FGM, period poverty, disability and stigma are just some of them. Harmful practices and gendered norms are keeping girls out of school, where they belong.

We believe that girls education leads to girls equality. Education is critical in tackling harmful gender norms, and empowering girls to drive change. It gives girls the skills to become leaders, innovators and change makers, and to tackle future crises.

We aim to provide millions of girls across the world with safe, quality, gender-transformative education so they may find their voices and learn to lead. Will you join us?