Sybil leading charity ‘toddle’

TV3 Morning Show presenter, Sybil Mulcahy, had a happy childhood and wants to give something back, so she’s delighted to be ambassador for this year’s Big Toddle for Barnardos, a fun, sponsored walk for toddlers.

A ‘toddle’ can be held between May 1 and June 30. The aim is to raise €300,000 for Barnardos’ work with pre-school children. One in 10 children lives in consistent poverty (as of 2011). That’s 107,000 children in households with incomes below 60% of the national median. This means children can go for 24 hours without a substantial meal, or are cold because parents are unable to heat the home.

Sybil — mum to Hugh, five, Genevieve, five, and Michael, one — says: “There are children who aren’t getting breakfast. I’ve been at schools where they have to provide breakfast, because parents don’t have the money, or the wherewithal, to do so. There are children who never have a meat dinner, who have junk food all the time, or who have cornflakes for dinner.”