The mum of the late James Bulger, Denise Fergus is in Blackpool to watch her husband Stuart climb the Big One alongside 7 others for the James Bulger Memorial Trust.
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00:00Hi, I'm digital reporter Aimee Seddon. The mum of the late James Bulger, Denise Fergus,
00:07was in Blackpool this evening to watch her husband, Stuart, climb the Big One, alongside
00:12seven others, to raise money for the James Bulger Memorial Trust. In the following video,
00:17the organiser of the fundraising event, Blackpool resident Liam Hailwood, who is an ambassador
00:22of the charity, spoke to Denise and Stuart about why the money raised is so important
00:27for the trust, before he himself had to climb the rollercoaster.
00:30Hi, I'm Liam, I'm a proud charity ambassador for the James Bulger Memorial Trust, and the
00:35group behind us have just walked the Big One. Denise, how proud are you of this group that
00:41have just gone up them 420 steps?
00:44I can't believe he's done it. I mean, you're not saying it, you're just watching it. It's
00:48amazing to watch them doing what they've done. All I can do is thank them for raising the
00:52funds for the charity. Every penny that comes into the charity is so much appreciated. No
00:56one understands, you know, just how much time and effort that you've taken into the charity.
01:01You know yourself, every penny helps. Where we've got the large, the ground rents going
01:07up year by year, and it's over £8,000 this year that we've got our payout, so this all
01:13goes towards that and the maintenance.
01:15And Stuart, I know obviously we've been sponsored by Waterside Hotels today, so I know you just
01:21want to say thank you to Jake, obviously he walked it today, Jake from Waterside Hotels.
01:26How proud are you? We've raised like £1,200 so far, the total keeps going up. How proud
01:31are you of that amount that we've raised today for the charity?
01:34It's really great to see, obviously it's not just the community from where the charity
01:37is based, but obviously the people of Blackpool and stuff like that, for them to take us into
01:41the heart and to want to help raise the funds for the charity. It's great, it's fantastic.
01:44And the local businesses and stuff like that as well, it's brilliant.
01:48Well we want to say thank you to each and every one of the group behind us, it's my
01:51turn now, I'm about to go up, so I'll see you soon, and you enjoy your pint in the pub.
01:56Ta-ra!