Proud Veteran Climbing To Success

It’s a pleasure to meet you, my Name is Olivia. Firstly, thank you for taking the time to read this snap shot of my personal involvements and achievements and secondly, I would like to call upon your generosity.

I am a loyal member of 2 amazing charity's, C2R & MS Fitness in Scotland. an avid member of a great charity called Climb 2 Recovery (C2R), and also one of the regional co-ordinators, which enables me to take the lead on day trips for current members within the Scotland area.

I won’t discuss my full story now, but you can read more about me if you would like to via the website link https://www.c2r.org/member-stories.

I have been part of C2R for since April 2021. They have helped me so much throughout my tenure, pushing me down new paths where I thought I would never see myself being able. For example, I can now independently lead climb, multi-pitch climb, and currently I’m enjoying some of the Mountain Leader training that the charity provides for me and their members.

Climb2Recovery was created in 2016 by the very inspiring CEO Neil Heritage, unfortunately due to his busy workload, Neil stepped down from this appointment, handing over the reins to another awesome individual, Joe Winch. (Their bio’s can also be viewed via the above link). Neil still plays a very important role within the charity but more so from a rear based role now rather than leading on every event.

Climb2Recovery have changed my entire outlook on the outdoors, there is now, no place I would rather be than on the side of a cliff face or walking through the beautiful countryside.

As C2R has helped me so much along my journey, from military service into civilian life, I would love to repay some of the selfless generosity back to them in the way of a funding page. This is why I have set this up and would love to raise as much money as I can to give back to a charity that has given me so much.

I would also like to mention that my fitness and health has greatly improved since I started my recovery back to fitness with MS Fitness. A studio which specialises in boot camps, personal training, weight loss and training advice. Some years ago I was struggling to walk and needed the aid of 2 walking sticks to function and move around. Melanie and Peter who are both instructors with MS Fitness, has given me the strength and confidence to adapt and overcome obstacles in my daily life though strength training and nutrition health plans. Not only that, they have become a big part of my life. Feeling like I belong and able to push though diversity.and inclusion.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could give a little, for those who have given so much for the country.

Thank you again for your time, and thank you in advance for your contribution towards this great charity.

All the best

Olivia Zambonini

https://gofund.me/f0dace25