Colleagues’ charity five peaks climb to help mental health charity

More than £5,000 has been raised for a mental health charity in Cumbria thanks to 19 Trust colleagues who recently took on the five peaks challenge.

In conjunction with our legal partners Hill Dickinson - who had six colleagues taking part - the charity climbs were organised by LSCft Paralegal Harriet Morgan.

It was to raise money for Growing Well as part of the charity’s 20 year anniversary fundraising drive. Growing Well is based in the Lakes and provides support to people struggling with their mental health through practical, meaningful activity through horticultural enterprises.

Among those taking part were Chief Clinical Information Officer Mark Worthington, Chief Nurse Rebekah Roshan, Consultant Nurse Claire Benson and CBT Therapist Fiona Clegg.

Harriet said:

“Growing Well wrote us a lovely letter thanking us. They told us that it costs them around £2,500 per person per year, to support someone at so we have funded two places for two people for a whole year. Setting off from Old Dungeon Ghyll car park in the Lake District, we ascended our first peak, Rossett Pike. Next, we walked to Allen Crags, then to Great End, then on to Ill Crag and finally we walked to Scafell Pike which is England’s highest peak. I think I recorded 38 thousand steps and burnt 2,500 calories, my feet were really sore afterwards. The whole team that took part were amazing.”