An Unsworth solicitor is set to swim the English Channel in aid of a cause that supports the NHS.

Daniel Adcock-Kirsh, a litigation associate at Manchester-based Kuits Solicitors, is taking on the marathon swim to raise funds for NorthCare Charity.

NorthCare support NHS staff, patients and families across hospitals and community services in the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, which covers Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Salford.

Daniel will be doing the swim from June 27 to 29, weather and tides permitting.

It will be the culmination of two years of training for Daniel which has been facilitated by Karen and Dave Quartermain at Uswim Adventure, based at Dock 9 in Salford Quays.

He started training seriously in May last year and completed his qualifying swim in Lake Windermere in October 2021, swimming for six hours in a water temperature of 15.5C degrees or less.

Daniel will be setting off from Folkstone and will have 21 miles to swim.

He can only wear a bathing suit, swimming cap and goggles for it to be officially recognised.

Daniel said: “I am taking on this marathon swim to raise money for the NHS in the Greater Manchester region and I have specifically requested that my donations go to paediatric services.

“Having twice had first-hand experience of the services, attending to both my daughters, each time in very distressing circumstances, the care, support and treatment they received was nothing short of heroic.

“Such was the level of clinical and pastoral care through to the aftercare upon being discharged, I have wanted to, in some small way, show my gratitude for those people who work tirelessly to keep us and our loved ones healthy, often in very difficult and stressful situations.

“Swimming the channel is a challenge I’m relishing and the support I have received so far has been fantastic.”

Donations to Daniel’s swimming fundraising appeal can be made at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Daninthechannel.