Charlie Bird is set to lead a very special Hand of Friendship Walk for the Samaritans in Co Wicklow next month.
The former RTE broadcaster is bravely battling motor neurone disease, and he will next take part in a 5km walk through Avondale Forest Park in Rathdrum Co Wicklow with Samaritans volunteers and supporters on Sunday, April 16 at 11am. The Charlie Bird Hand of Friendship Walk with Samaritans is being supported by Coillte, which will also open Avondale Forest Park and several Coillte sites across the country for 5km and 1km walks to encourage more people to get involved.
For those who can't travel to Wicklow, they can still "walk in solidarity with Charlie" in any of Coillte’s forest walks, or with Samaritans volunteers in Lough Key Forest Park in Roscommon, Farren Forest Park in Cork, and at Ard na Gaoithe in Galway. Charlie, 73, hopes members of the public will join him to support the Samaritans and their work.
