A fitness instructor is organising a long walk and wild camp to raise money for Ukrainian refugees and create a greater awareness of the conditions they endure.
Natalie Bell, who set up Fitness by Natalie during lockdown, has enlisted a group of women aged between 19 and 69 to take part in a trek from her home in Winlaton, Gateshead, to Hedley on the Hill in Northumberland. The participants, who vary in ability, will only be able to bring basic essentials on their journey in order to better understand the story of millions of refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine.
Natalie, 40, said: "I've got a five-year-old daughter and I've been following the news a lot and I see these poor families being separated. It breaks my heart when I see the families being separated at the train station.
