A Perthshire woman has climbed the height of Mount Snowdon, using the stairs in her own home, to raise money for a charity close to her heart.
Veronica Currie of Braco climbed her stairs more than 300 times in aid of Widowed and Young (WAY), and raised more than £1,000, smashing her initial target of £250.
Her husband, Wullie Currie, who had twice survived Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, died in 2016 from a sudden cardiac arrest when the couple’s children were 12 and 10 years old.
Veronica was told about WAY by a friend soon after Wullie passed away. She described the charity as her “lifeline”.
She said: “I had been intending to do a fundraiser for WAY Widowed and Young this year, as I have done every year since my husband died almost 4 years ago.
“I didn’t have an actual event planned as yet, but decided, as it was clear that charities were going to be badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, that I would make good use of my spare time.
“The Snowdown challenge just seemed like a good idea. It needed minimal preparation – I had all that I needed.
“It was safe, it was indoors and it required effort. My daughters helped out when necessary providing snacks and drinks and selecting songs.”
Veronica completed the challenge in just over three hours.
In undertaking the fundraiser, she also wanted to highlight that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, people can still raise money for charity.
She said: “My wish was to show others that despite all the big organised events that had been cancelled, we can still do something for charity.”
Donations can be made to Veronica’s fundraiser can still be made on JustGiving.
Veronica is not the only Perthshire resident using the lockdown as an opportunity to raise money for charity from their own homes.
Craig Lunn will use his own garden to run the equivalent of a marathon in his own back garden to raise funds for Perth Autism Support (PAS).
He will do 4200 laps of his garden, with a £500 target for the charity.
Donations for Craig’s fundraiser can be made on his JustGiving page.
