A LEYLAND teacher is to embark on a charity quest - to deliver four cans of beer back to Ireland to raise money for her school.

Ruth Whitter, 27, from Spring Meadow, Clayton Woods, who works with children at Beech Trees school, Meadow Lane, Bamber Bridge, is trying to raise £1000 for Scope -- the charity for disabled people which focuses on cerebral palsy.

Beech Trees is a school that looks after children with learning disabilities which are compelled by challenging behaviour and Ruth has worked there for two years.

She is taking part in the Cork Challenge, where teams of four will be travelling to Cardiff from all over Britain to pick up four cans of Murphy's and deliver them to the Irish brewery where they are made.

Then they will set off to Cork at on Friday, September 2, with a budget of £15 to spend on transport -- each team has to raise £1,000. Ruth has almost achieved her goal. Her main sponsors -- River View Rider Training taught her to ride her motorcycle.

She said: "I want to do it because I see where all the money is going, how it helps the children and how much they need it.

"A lot of people just get to know about this sort of thing through receiving leaflets through the door but I am actually there every day and seeing what a difference the money makes should compel anybody get up and do the challenge."

She added: "I am really looking forward to it. This is the longest journey I have ever taken -- the farthest I have been before is the Lake District."

Ruth started as a member of a team of four but others dropped out and she is now going through with the challenge alone.

Andrew Morris, a spokesman for SCOPE, said: "We wish Ruth the best of luck with her challenge -- especially as she is travelling alone -- it will be a gruelling task."