Sophie and Poppy's Great North Swim Fundraiser

As a member of the CLEFT research steering committee, the cleft lip and palate team in Newcastle and the Cleft Registry and Audit Network I think cleft research is incredibly important. My daughter and I would like to help raise money for this great cause.

I joined a group called the Northumberland Bluetits, a wild swimming group in Northumberland last year and we have been practicing swimming in chilly rivers and the North sea to work towards swimming a mile across Lake Windermere in