TEAM Mermaids will be swimming as a team a total of 68km – the length of the English Channel and back, or 2,720 lengths of a 25m pool – by the end of October.

Many people have been affected in some way by dementia/Alzheimer’s and everyone on Team Mermaids has a personal reason for wanting to hit the water and raise funds.

Anna Newland Hooper said: “At a time when vital services are being cut, we want to help those who care or have cared for our loved ones by raising money. There is a donation box in Claire’s Hairdressers in South Street, Wellington, for cash donations and the Mermaids also have fundraising page – https://www.

justgiving.com/crowdfunding/

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To support the Mermaids follow them on their Facebook page – Team Mermaids Dementia/Alzheimer’s Swimathon.