Dressed as Santa, a Co Armagh man plans on walking 11 hours around Lurgan Park to raise vital funds for a school catering for children with complex learning needs.

Philip McKinley, a Lurgan native, has plans to walk an average of 20km a day to help raise funds for Brookfield Special School.

Brookfield Special School currently caters for pupils Nursery to year 8, with complex learning needs. The children have a wide range of needs and are taught in small class groups with high levels of adult support.

“Brookfield are in need of assistance financially and I feel the need to provide support in any way that I can. Plus I have friends that have children that attend the school,” he said.

Philip McKinley is planning on a charity walk dressed as Santa in Lurgan Park.

placeholder image — Philip McKinley is planning on a charity walk dressed as Santa in Lurgan Park.

The sponsored walk is on December 6 from when the gates of Lurgan Park open at 7am to their closure at 6pm. He has set up a GoFundMe page if you would like to donate.

"Let’s get walking to raise much-needed funds.”