New Mayor of Wirral to kickstart fundraising appeal at this Sunday's Wirral Coastal Walk

May 20 2011 By Lorna Hughes

A TEAM of walkers, including Mayoress Anna McLaughlin, will kick off the newly-appointed Mayor of Wirral’s fundraising efforts this weekend.

They will be taking part in the annual Wirral Coastal Walk, which begins from Seacombe Ferry at 10am this Sunday, raising money for the new Mayor of Wirral Moira McLaughlin's charity fund.

Anna is Councillor McLaughlin's oldest daughter and is taking the role of Mayoress for her mother's term as Wirral's first citizen.

Cllr McLaughlin has chosen Age UK Wirral's Devonshire Centre, St John's Hospice and Wirral Women and Children's Aid as her chosen charities to benefit from the Mayor’s Charity Fund this year.

The Wirral Coastal Walk follows a 15-mile route from Seacombe to Thurstaston and is organised by the Rotary Club of North Wirral.

Thousands of walkers, all sponsored for charity, are expected to turn out on Sunday morning for one of Wirral's biggest charity events.

Cllr. McLaughlin, who will be the official starter of the walk on Sunday, said: "Anna is hoping to get the Mayor’s Charity fund off to a flying start by being sponsored as her and some friends and colleagues do the Wirral Coastal Walk. I’ll be there to start them off and wish them good luck.

"We are both going to be doing all we can throughout our year to raise as much money as we can for my three chosen charities, the Devonshire Centre of Age UK which provides support for people with dementia and their families, St. John`s Hospice in Wirral, and Wirral Women’s and Children’s Aid."