NSPCC ‘HACK’ challenge aims to change lives

Foyle ChildLine volunteers Paula Coyle and Siobhan McAuley get into the HACK spirit ahead of the NSPCCs challenge walk on September 15.

Published on 16/08/2012 06:32

Foyle ChildLine volunteers Siobhan McAuley and Paula Coyle are challenging local people to take up the NSPCC HACK challenge and “change some lives”.

Both women feel that taking on this year’s Hike Against Cruelty to Kids (HACK) on September 15 offers them a great way to do even more for the local children’s charity.

Paula Coyle, a Community Support Worker for Muscular Dystrophy Ireland from Newtowncunningham, is a vocal supporter or NSPCC’s work.

“I volunteer as a counsellor for ChildLine so I witness first-hand the value of this unbelievable service and what it means to the children and young people who use it,” she says. “The NSPCC is giving children a voice and providing practical services, and I am privileged to be able to contribute any small amount to their fantastic work.”

Siobhan McAuley, a care assistant in a nursing home and final-year psychology student from Burt, also expressed her commitment to supporting the “marvellous” work being done locally.

“It’s not until you volunteer with ChildLine that you realise the extent of the suffering of some of those who contact us. Children and young people are vulnerable and need to know they have somewhere to turn for support when in a crisis, or when even just wanting to have a chat.”

The HACK is open to people aged 18 years and over. The registration fee is £20 for the 20 mile challenge and £10 for 14 mile challenge. For further details and online registrations and payments, log on to www.nspcc.org.uk/mourneshack or contact the Northern Ireland NSPCC fundraising office on 028 90 351135.

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