Three Peaks Challenge fundraiser for Long Covid Kids
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- May 5, 2022
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Updated: 5 days ago
The Three Peaks Challenge is to climb the highest peak in England, Scotland and Wales over a single weekend. It's pretty tough for anyone. But for Merri it will be an additional challenge. Because she has Long Covid herself!
Merri will scale mountains to help Long Covid Kids scale their own... Read on to find out how!
But first, meet Merri. In her own words:
As a Long Covid patient myself, I understand the perfect storm this illness presents to young people.
So, later this month, Merri is taking on the Three Peaks challenge to start a new tuition fund for Long Covid Kids.
Long Covid Kids Tuition Fund
Merri's ambition is to support pupils who have missed school because of their symptoms, and whose parents or carers are unable to pay for private tuition. Merri is partnering with Oppidan Education to deliver one-to-one tuition, either in-person or via zoom.
Merri explains:
Every pound raised will go towards a Long Covid Kids Tuition Fund, subsidising one-to-one tuition for young people with Long Covid in the run-up to this year's exam season.
The Challenge
The Three Peaks Challenge is hard going. But for Merri, now a post-graduate student in Oxford, it's extra-hard. Two years ago she got Covid.
This made the challenge very personal. Two years ago, she could barely climb the stairs. Now she is going to climb not just one, but three mountains in a row.
How can I help?
Merri has set up a gofundme page which tells her story in more detail. She aims to raise £10,000.
Long Covid Kids will help to administer the Fund, aiming to prioritise subsidised tuition for those who need it most. But we cannot achieve this ambition without your support. As Merri explains:
I can't do this without your help. This Fund won't exist without your kind donations, and I need the peer-pressure to get up those mountains - protein bars alone just aren't going to cut it!
We look forward to hearing more about the Fund and about how preparation for the Challenge is going.
Go Merri!
Lead Representative for Northern Ireland
3 May 2022
About
In 2021 Long Covid Kids became the first UK-based, international registered charity advocating for families, children and young people living with Long Covid.
The charity focuses on recognition, support and recovery and has already received recognition from the NHS and the Centre for Disease Control in the USA, as well as being a recommended resource in the NICE Long Covid guidelines.
Support Our Work
While children are living with life changing symptoms and families struggle to seek support, we need to be here. Your donation will be used directly to support families living with Long Covid. Find out more about our Impact.
Our Mission
Purpose
We believe all children should be able to thrive and look forward to a positive future. That is why we represent and support children and young people living with Long Covid and related illnesses and the parents and caregivers that look after them.
Our Vision
To achieve recognition, support and recovery for Long Covid and related illnesses in children and young people
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