A student from Southport is hoping to move mountains with her fundraising efforts.

Cat Miller, 19, has organised a number of events to raise money for the Moving Mountains Trust, as well as to fund voluntary work she will be completing for the charity in Kenya and Tanzania.

Ms Miller, a Physics and Astrophysics student at the University of Leeds, will be heading to Embu in Kenya this June to help the charity deliver food and support to homeless children by volunteering in a rescue centre for street children, after which she will be helping to build a new school in Marangu, Tanzania. This will be followed by a sponsored walk up Kilimanjaro.

Cat Miller, 19 is fundraising to volunteer at a street child rescue centre in Kenya, as well as building a school in Tanzania and climbing Killimanjaro

She said: "I'll be delivering food to homeless children, but also making sure they don't get into drugs and gangs. It's really important to make sure they get their lives on the right track."

The charity also has a sports programme called Black Cats, which gives the children the chance to get into football to keep them away from these gangs.

As well as the sponsored climb of Kilimanjaro, Ms Miller's fundraising efforts include cutting her hair off for donations and a fundraising evening in with live music and entertainment.

Cat is set to chop off some of her hair to raise funds

The event will be held at the Southport Railway Club, Sussex Road on Thursday 9th April. Tickets are £5 on the door and will feature quiz rounds in between each music act.