THE Steve Prescott Foundation (SPF) is looking for a team of 40 climbers to tackle Mount Kilimanjaro this October to raise funds.

The challenge follows the foundation’s record-breaking highest game of rugby in 2015, the inaugural SPF trek in 2013 and last year’s trek to Everest base camp.

Martin Blondel, general manager of the SPF, said: “We are elated to be taking a team up to Kilimanjaro once again.

“When Steve was dismissed from Salford Royal Hospital, being fed by a drip, the great man instructed me to put together a Kilimanjaro expedition that he would attempt.

“This was the measure of Steve; he had not eaten anything solid for three months and was asking to tackle the second highest mountain in the world.”

At 5895 metres tall, Mount Kilimanjaro - in Tanzania, East Africa - is the highest free-standing mountain in the world and is a dormant volcano.

SPF ambassador and rugby league legend Tommy Martyn and SPF Chair Mike Denning have already signed up.

The expedition will be led by Milestone Safaris and Mountaineering of Moshi with support from SPF Trustee Ade Cunliffe, who led the 2013 and 2015 trips.

The eight-day trek, via the Machame route, involves accommodation in tents and each volunteer must pledge to raise a minimum £5,000. Fundraising support will be provided

For more details or enquire about taking part, contact info@steveprescottfoundation.co.uk.