Our 16 year old son, Ben, had a cardiac arrest at the end of December. Thankfully our story has a very positive outcome. 

Ben had gone for lunch at a mates house. When he arrested, his friend's mother was his guardian angel and administered CPR. Ben went by helicopter to St George's hospital. He had excellent care and had a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator fitted.

Ben is back at school full-time and doing well although patience its needed to get full energy levels and resume his beloved sport. So a very positive and amazing outcome for us as a family, in that he is safer now than he ever was with the S-ICD fitted and when you also learn the survival rate is less than 1 in 10 for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

This significant moment brings even more appreciation of a life well lived. Every young person should have a bright and happy future. Hence the 350 mile cycle, sleeping under the stars on the way, and then, with 50 fabulous Hays colleagues climbing Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) for the charity EveryYouth. 

Please sponsor me to help EveryYouth to give young people bright, independent futures - by raising £50,000 together we can: 👩🏻‍🏫provide 2,000 Job Coaching sessions for young people to take their next steps into employment, education, or training🚀offer 370 Boost Grants to help a young person overcome additional costs like uniform, course books or travel🤝place at least 37 young people into a career or education pathway.

Every donation is really appreciated - thank you so much for your support!

Barney