A BRAVE teenager is attempting to scale one of Britain's tallest peaks - just months after undergoing a life-saving liver transplant.

Charlotte Worton, of Stourport-on-Severn, is set to walk to the summit of Mount Snowdon tomorrow to raise money to say a "big thank you" to staff at Birmingham Children's Hospital liver unit.

The youngster was diagnosed with auto-immune hepatitis, a rare illness which causes a chronic inflammation of the liver, four years ago.

Earlier this year, doctors believed she may have had only a month to live without a transplant.

The 14-year-old said her life had been "transformed" since the operation and she was doing the climb to show the staff at the hospital how grateful she was.

She said: "I have never done anything like this before but I am looking forward to it."

Charlotte was waiting on the transplant list for three months before she received the call that a matching organ had been found.

She added: "It came as a massive shock when I was first told that I would need a transplant because when I was diagnosed the doctors told me it is really unusual for people with auto-immune hepatitis to need one.

"I was lucky a match was found. Because of my age, it was difficult to find a match due to the size of the liver.

"I will never forget the moment the call came through. It was 10.15 on the night of Friday, April 15. I felt so many different emotions.

"It is difficult to describe because part of me was relieved and happy but then another part felt nervous and scared."

Sandra Hudson, Charlotte's mother, said: "Charlotte has been through so much during her young life but she has always remained upbeat.

"The doctors told us one of the main reasons she has come through all of this is because of her bubbly personality."

The youngster, who lives in Ash Grove, returned on a permanent basis to Stourport High School this week for the first time since the operation.

More than 20 family members and friends will join Charlotte on the climb up the 3,559ft Welsh mountain, Britain's second biggest peak.

To sponsor Charlotte, call her father Philip Worton on 01299 823581.

She said: "I used to find it difficult to go out with my friends because the illness would make me feel tired all of the time."