College students walk five kilometres to raise money for a deaf children's charity

: Created: 19 April 2021

The team of six Health and Social Care students, aged between 16 and 18, hiked around the Bromley area to support the National Deaf Children’s Society.

Lily Tuck, 17, decided to raise vital funds for the charity after discovering that she suffered from mild hearing loss. She said: “It was really scary to find out and I started to wonder, will my hearing disappear completely? What if I can’t do the things I want to do?

“I didn’t know where to turn, but then I found the National Deaf Children’s Society website.

“That’s why I chose them and got my friends on board, because I want everyone to get the information and support they need at a difficult time.”

She was joined by her friends Cydni-Jean Jafrato-Dowling, Jayda Hatton, Maria Olarewaju, Katie Sanders, and Spiridoula Tasho for the walk on Monday 29 March. They are currently just £40 shy of reaching their £200 target.

Claire Lubbock, from the National Deaf Children’s Society, said: “I want to say a huge thank and congratulations to the London South East Colleges girls for completing their walking challenge for us. We’re so proud of you.

“It’s brilliant to see these young people using their initiative to fundraise for us and we couldn’t be more grateful.

“Finding out that you or your child has a hearing loss can be a really difficult experience to go through, so it’s vital that everyone can access free, confidential support if they need it.

“It’s through wonderful efforts like this that the National Deaf Children’s Society is able to keep on doing what it does, supporting the UK’s 50,000 deaf children and their families, now and into the future.”

To donate visit https://www.justgiving.com/team/lsecfundraisingwalk and for more information about the National Deaf Children’s Society, visit www.ndcs.org.uk.

In the news: Six school girls walk five kilometres to raise money for a deaf children’s charity

Story by Ella Hopkins, South London Press