Three inspiring teenage Scouts bid to raise over £4k for club trip

Harrison Chalmers-Norris, 14, Tom Warburton, 15, and Alice Marik, 15, have been friends since they were around four years old.

The childhood friends met at pre-school in Birchwood, and have been inseparable ever since, deciding to join their local Beaver Unit two years later.

As they got older, they continued to progress from Beavers, to Cubs, to Scouts before starting Explorers in Culcheth.

When their Unit’s next trip to the Azores was announced, the trio took it upon themselves to begin fundraising the money needed to go, rather than ask their parents.

“Our three insisted they wanted to fundraise the money themselves, which was really good to hear,” said Charlotte, Harrison’s mum.

“They’ve linked up and had meetings to decide what they want to do and make things to sell at craft fairs.”

The three teenagers have worked their way up to become Explore Scouts (Image: Supplied)

The main thing the teenagers decided to do to fundraise money was walk to the distance from Warrington to the Azores – which is a whopping 1,544 miles.

Having started five weeks ago, the teens have manged around 230 miles so far, using Strava to track their distance.

The trip will take place next year, giving the trio plenty of time to complete their fundraising challenge.

“For them to actually say we want to do this ourselves, we want to pay for it ourselves, we were just super proud,” said Charlotte.

“They decided to do it together so that they could try and make it fun still and that they weren’t missing out on doing fun things and could spur each other on.”

The trio are attempting to walk more than 1,500 miles as part of their fundraising efforts (Image: Supplied)

Harrison and Tom, who attend Birchwood High School, and Alice, who attends Culcheth High School, spend a lot of time together, and their families have become close friends.

Between them, the teens need to raise £4,470 in order to go on the trip to the Azores.

So far, they have raised £669 on their Just Giving page, which you can donate to here.

“They’re making wooden branded keepsakes, suncatchers, earrings – there’s all sorts going on in our houses at the minute,” said Charlotte.

“It’s nice to see that there’s children, teenagers, young adults out that are really good and just want to help and achieve things, which the three of them are working really hard to.”