{"id":297762,"date":"2025-07-28T06:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/297762\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T06:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:09:13","slug":"isabelle-tackling-snowdon-to-raise-cash-for-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/297762\/","title":{"rendered":"Isabelle tackling Snowdon to raise cash for dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEST FOOT FORWARD: Isabelle, who is set to tackle Mount Snowdon.<\/p>\n

A YOUNGSTER who has embarked on a series of fundraising schemes is set to tackle Wales\u2019 highest peak – just two days after turning eight years old.<\/p>\n

Reaching 3,560ft at the top of Mount Snowdon, it\u2019s no mean feat for anyone – but Isabelle Lauder and her dad, Tom, are taking it in their stride.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s doing it in aid of the Sheffield-based Support Dogs charity, which trains and provides specialist assistance dogs to help autistic children, as well as adults affected by epilepsy or physical disability, to live safer, more independent lives.<\/p>\n

Isabelle, who lives with her parents Tom and Fran and ten-year-old brother Oliver in Wombwell, chose to scale Snowdon as part of Support Dogs\u2019 \u2018Super Summer Challenge\u2019, which encourages its young supporters to take on a fundraising challenge during the six-week holidays.<\/p>\n

The family, including Tom, a 41-year-old operations manager – who has previously taken part in Support Dogs\u2019 annual abseil, and also paddle-boarded the 23-mile length of Loch Ness for the charity – are no strangers to being around assistance dogs they have been volunteer doggy foster carers for Support Dogs since 2022.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve looked after loveable Labs Spot, Buster and Peggy, who are now fully-qualified autism assistance dogs, Frank, who has been matched with a little girl on the charity\u2019s autism assistance programme and Stardust, nicknamed \u2018Dusty\u2019, who is still in training.<\/p>\n

Fran, 38, who works for South Yorkshire Police, said: \u201cIsabelle\u2019s dad is originally from near Porthmadog, in Wales, so he\u2019s climbed Snowdon many times, but it\u2019s Isabelle\u2019s first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s not done much preparation, but in terms of fundraising, she\u2019s printed off little QR codes for her Just Giving page and has been handing them out to her teachers and all the dinnerladies at school. <\/p>\n

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\u201cShe\u2019s very excited – she\u2019s already exceeded her \u00a3250 target.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kings Oak Primary School pupil Isabelle has been around assistance dogs since she was four years old.<\/p>\n

Fran said: \u201cNow Isabelle is a bit older, she understands the importance of a support dog more. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere are children at school that are different to her and Isabelle is understanding of the extra challenges they face. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s also been to the charity\u2019s graduation ceremonies, where she\u2019s seen Peggy and Spot, so she has seen them in full working mode.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always ask the kids if they want us to look after another assistance dog. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe never force them, because as nice as it is to have the dogs and they know they\u2019re going to do something good, it can be sad to say bye to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we wouldn\u2019t be able to have a dog full-time, but as the dogs are in training at Support Dogs\u2019 centre all day, it\u2019s perfect for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud of Isabelle, how she\u2019s so determined to exceed her target and tell everybody about it. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a member of Darfield Scouts, so she\u2019s used to being in all weathers and camps with them, so she\u2019s quite resilient.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a really good thing to keep occupied and for something different to do in the summer holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEST FOOT FORWARD: Isabelle, who is set to tackle Mount Snowdon. A YOUNGSTER who has embarked on a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[8002,748,393,4884,110275,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-297762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-barnsley","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-proud-of-barnsley","13":"tag-sheffield","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}