Pride of Guernsey: Kyra Glendenning
KYRA (KIZZY) GLENDENNING was nominated for the Close Finance-sponsored Overcoming Adversity award by her mum.
She is so proud of the way Kizzy raises two children as a single mother, works 60-hour weeks, does charity work at HSBC and has founded the charity, Dizzy Donkeys, which raises money for Frossard Children’s Ward at the PEH. One of Kizzy’s little girls is autistic and suffers from night terrors, but Kizzy works hard to take care of her with no assistance or financial help, while she herself suffers with anxiety problems and has undergone CBT and various coping management courses.
Kizzy works hard as founder of Dizzy Donkeys with events at the North Show, fun days, Christmas fairs and discos and works tirelessly trying to get people to donate funds and prizes for raffles.
‘She started fundraising eight years ago and spends her free time dedicated to raising money and awareness,’ said her mum, Kim Le Cheminant.
Twice a year Kizzy’s eight-year-old autistic daughter has to fly to Southampton and Kizzy handles this on her own, making sure someone is still at home to take care of her younger daughter, Molly.
