Clare’s Kilimanjaro Challenge for Carers in Hertfordshire
Raising for Carers In Hertfordshire
This September I’m climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. At 5,895 metres it's the tallest free‑standing mountain in the world, and I’m taking her on with every ounce of determination I’ve got. This is the biggest physical challenge I’ve ever attempted. I’ve decided to do this challenge to honour Carers in Hertfordshire, a charity I deeply believe in.
As someone with first‑hand experience of being an unpaid carer, I know how demanding, isolating, and emotionally heavy a role it can be. Carers often carry huge responsibilities in silence. They put their own wellbeing behind the person with the illness, disability or care need that they support. This climb is my way of standing up for those who carry that weight.
Carers in Hertfordshire provides vital guidance, emotional support, and a sense of community to family and friend carers. Every donation helps them continue their essential work. Many carers feel unseen or overwhelmed, and this challenge is my way of helping ensure they get the recognition and help they deserve.
Training for Kilimanjaro has been a journey of resilience, discipline, and determination. I’ve been preparing regularly at Nuffield Health Hemel Hempstead, where the classes and instructors have supported me physically and mentally. Every step, every metre climbed, and every moment of effort is dedicated to the carers who show strength every single day.
Let’s build something amazing together. Help me beat my target and keep motivated for the climb.
Sharing this page will help to amplify the cause and ensure unpaid carers know they are not alone and that support is available when they need it.
Thank you for your kindness, support and helping to make a difference.
This challenge is entirely self‑funded. I chose to dedicate my climb to raising awareness and support for unpaid carers just a few weeks before my trip to make the climb even more meaningful and to help others. All donations go directly to Carers in Hertfordshire, who collaborated with me to set up this fundraising page.
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About us
Carers In Hertfordshire
Charity number: 1085491
Providing information and support to children and adults providing unpaid help or care to a relative, friend or partner who is elderly, misuses drug or alcohol has a physical or mental illness or disability, as well as bereaved carers. The charity supports people in Hertfordshire with a caring role and from outside the county who look after or help someone in Hertfordshire. The charity also advances public education about caring, involves carers in consultations and enables them to have a voice in influencing change in policies and improvements in health and other services that affect carers’ lives.
