Hi, thanks for checking out my fundraising page.

August 15th 2018 my babies Maia and Jacob were born 9 weeks premature. I had absolutely no idea what that meant at the time, I thought it just happened, but in reality there’s a reason babies come early, it’s because they are sick.

We spent the next 6 weeks of their lives at the Neo-natal ward at St James hospital in leeds doing the feeding through tubes and watching our babies through incubators, holding them with gloves through the tanks.

It was a scary time, many head in hands moments, many tearful times for my wife and I.

We were allowed take our babies home. We were the lucky ones. They are now 5, healthy, happy and strong.

If it wasn’t for the care we were blessed to receive we might have had a very different experience and outcome.

Here’s the facts, and the reason I am running this event.

1 in every 7 babies born in the UK will need specialist care.

Bliss is the leading UK charity for babies born premature or sick. They rely on donations to fund their work, and without our help they won't be able to reach the 90,000 babies needing neonatal care each year.

Your donation to my page will help Bliss to drive improvements in neonatal care, to ensure that the needs of babies are at the heart of policy and planning for the future, and to provide information and support to all families with a baby born premature or sick.

Thank you.

Brendan, Carley, Maia and Jacob. Xx