Sarah Wheat

Lexden Rackets & Fitness Club 24 hour racquetball challenge - Brompton

Fundraising for The Brompton Fountain
£482
raised of £250 target
Lexden Rackets & Fitness Club 24 hour racquetball challenge, 21 November 2019
We raise money for Royal Brompton Hospital to to support heart, lung and critical care

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Please note that donations to this page will go to The Brompton Fountain which is only 1 of the 3 chosen charities as donations cannot be split between charities.

6 brave souls will be playing continuous racquetball for 24 hours at Lexden Squash Club from 21st-22nd November 2019 in aid of Florence’s Heroes – without sleep this will be a truly monumental task.

Florence's Heroes, is a charitable fund set up by Chris and Sarah Wheat as a way of thanking 3 of the
services they are indebted to for helping their daughter Florence who needed lots of medical support and interventions as a baby. The funds raised are not for Florence herself but for these services to enable them to go on helping other children.

1. Neonatal Unit at Colchester General Hospital – the care Florence received during her long stay on this unit was exceptional. As a family we remain
thankful to this team every day for everything they did for Florence.

2. Acute Neonatal Transfer Service (ANTS) – this is a regional service that specialises in the transportation of sick babies. They cover the whole of East Anglia. Every shift each ambulance is manned by a driver, specialist neonatal nurse and doctor. They are equipped with a transportable incubator and with every possible piece of equipment that a sick baby may need. This is a 24 hour, 7 day a week service. In total Florence travelled with them 6 times in 3 months.

3. Royal Brompton Hospital (The Brompton Fountain) – there are few hospitals in the world that have the skills and expertise to perform open heart surgery to repair defects on a tiny 2month old baby weighing only 5lbs. This hospital is world class and without whom Florence would not be with us today.

Thank you for your donation. Your support really means a lot to the team.

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About the charity

We are the children’s charity at Royal Brompton Hospital supporting cardiac, respiratory and intensive care. Donations help us fund child and family support services, medical equipment, wellbeing projects and resources, accommodation and improvements to the facilities which aren’t funded by the NHS.

Donation summary

Total raised
£481.46
+ £95.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£481.46
Offline donations
£0.00

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