Tag: Lydia Bright

Lydia Bright to scale the ‘Cheesegrater’ for Barnardo’s new Urban Summit challenge

Stuart Mitchell

TV star Lydia Bright is set to scale new heights for children’s charity Barnardo’s by climbing to the top of London’s iconic ‘Cheesegrater’ – known officially as The Leadenhall Building. The former TOWIE legend, who is a Fostering and Adoption Ambassador for Barnardo’s, will climb all 1,250 steps of the skyscraper as part of the charity’s first Urban Summit challenge along with her brother, Freddie, on Saturday 1 December. Lydia and Freddie will be joined by 100 other participants who all will be hoping to raise as much money as…

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Celebrities to brave Borneo jungle challenge for Barnardo’s fundraising trek

Stuart Mitchell

A group of brave celebrities are ditching the glamour and pulling on walking boots to trek through Borneo’s jungle and climb its highest peak to raise vital funds for the UK’s leading children’s charity Barnardo’s. TV stars Made in Chelsea’s Sam Thompson and James Dunmore, TOWIE’s Lydia Bright, Astronomer Mark Thompson and presenter Helen Fospero are training hard in preparation for the fundraising challenge, which runs from May 12 until May 19. The trek won’t be a simple walk in the park; the group will be climbing nearly four times…

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