Mother of Greenvale victim to undertake charity climb

A RE-SCHEDULED charity is being held event next weekend being undertaken by the mother of a teenager who died in the Greenvale Hotel tragedy of March last year.

Lauren Bullock’s mother, Mary, and 20 others will go up the popular tourist site at different stages and times to ensure safety and social distancing.

The event takes place on Sunday, September 27 next, and is being held in aid of the Derry-based charity, Children in Crossfire and @angelwishes.

The event was due to take place earlier this year on a much large scale, but had to be postponed due to the coronavirus crisis.

In a social media post, Mary said that they now had the chance to go ahead with the walk, even though it will be in a smaller way than had been intended.

“The money we have raised to date and any extra we collect over the course of the next two weeks will be issued to our charities. To date we have raised £12,868 and have already issued a shared £1300 to the two charities,” she said.

“I know that some of your – Lauren’s friends and many of our family members will still want to do the walk and honour Lauren’s memory – so we look forward to seeing your photos at the top o fthe mountain, message our page and we will post updates.

“Thankyou to all of you who have been so generous already in your donations in Lauren’s memory and in our name and we know that the work of these charities will ensure that good things continue to happen.”

Lauren Bullock (17), Morgan Barnard (17) and Connor Currie (16) all died outside the Greenvale Hotel as they were awaiting to gain entry to a St Patrick’s Night disco in 2019.

Earlier this year, a Garden of Hope was opened at Lauren’s school, St Patrick’s College in Dungannon. It was built by pupils at the school, many of whom were friends of Lauren.

In the summer, Morgan Barnard’s mother, Maria, did a skydive to mark what would have been her son’s 18^th birthday.