Cooper and his friends turn 5 this year and are going to cycle 5 miles to raise awareness for those suffering from allergies and at risk of anaphylaxis. Cooper like many children has an allergy. Cooper is allergic to nuts and legumes (Peanuts, lentils, chickpeas, peas, beans, Lupin etc). They are raising money for a new, specialised medical kit for their new primary school (Kirby Muxloe). The kit contains life-saving Epi-Pens as well as offering accessible training for all school staff. We hope that these anaphylaxis kits will become defibrillator kits' best friends around all schools and other community locations. Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction that can happen within seconds or minutes after exposure to an allergen. Too many children's lives have been lost to anaphylaxis, including while attending school. Raising awareness will help close the gap in allergy education, understanding and availability of medications. Providing access to anaphylaxis kits in schools could save a child's life in an emergency situation as sometimes treating anaphylaxis requires multiple shots of adrenaline.

The medical kit costs £650 per year for 5-years (£3,250 total). Anything we can raise to support this initiative would be greatly appreciated.

Further information available on the links below.

KITT MEDICAL : At the start of 2023, we launched our now multi-award winning Anaphylaxis Kitt service. One year on and we’ve already partnered with over 300 schools, trained more than 5,000 staff members and helped provide safety & support to over 150,000 students across the UK.

BENEDICT BLYTHE FOUNDATION : Every child has the right to a safe place to learn, without fear of allergic reactions and with safe management of asthma. We work to provide education, training, tools and awareness raising to schools, parents and children to give them safe access to education.

NATASHA ALLERGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION : Our mission is to bring about positive change by focusing on medical research, law and policies, educating and raising allergy awareness. We want to ensure the needs of people living with allergy are met in a meaningful way and to offer a real hope that will change the lives of all those living with this life-threatening disease.

Thank you to everyone for reading this and any support is greatly appreciated.