Cork Penny Dinners recovery group go the extra Inch for mental health fundraiser

Volunteers pitched their tents on the strand and endured a night of heavy rain to raise funds for Cork suicide and mental health awareness group Shine a Light
Cork Penny Dinners recovery group go the extra Inch for mental health fundraiser

Members of the Cork Penny Dinners recovery group, recovering addicts, braving the cold seas at Inch beach, in a fundraiser for  Cork suicide and mental health awareness group Shine a Light. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Some 30 volunteers slept out on a damp Inch Beach on Friday night, greeting the cold Saturday sunrise with a bracing seaside dip to raise funds for Cork suicide and mental health awareness group Shine a Light.

Members of the Cork Penny Dinners recovery group, recovering addicts who meet three times a week at the Cork charity’s Little Hanover Street premises, pitched their tents on the strand and endured a night of heavy rain to help a local group whose work is dear to their hearts.

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