Heartbeat: Snow-done for Oldbury fundraisers

July 16, 2019

Joined by their families the intrepid band of colleagues from the health visiting and supervision team from Oldbury Health Centre have taken on and conquered the 3,500ft climb of Mount Snowdon, raising funds for the homeless in Sandwell in the process.

The team, consisting of Sharona English, Zerelda Hickson, Jocelyn Smith, Debbie Corrall, Pat Dore, Shellie Kerr, Joyce Holder, Leanne Murphy, Sarah Stanley and Lynk Martin joined Health Visitor Brenda Lewis and Clinical Lead Randeep Kaur in facing England and Wales’ highest peak, Mount  Snowdon at the end of May.

Talking to local newspaper Chronicle Week, Brenda Lewis revealed that while it was a unified start it wasn’t so much of a unified finish.

“We all go a coach there together and we all got to the top – but some were quicker than others! Some took around two hours and 15 minutes, where some of us took more than three. But it still went really well. I struggled a bit at the end though.”

A final total has yet to be calculated but in her interview Brenda noted she alone had raised several hundred pounds, suggesting the final total could be in four figures.