*Update

We have reached our initial fundraising target so have decided to up the ante slightly by adding a hike up Pen y fan to the Sunday evening (after snowdon in the morning)! We are planning to head up Penyfan at 6pm on Sunday 1st September and would love it if any of our amazing donators could join us for the final hike…the challenge is now 3 brothers 4 peaks 3 days. #343

Thank you again to everyone that has been kind enough to donate so far 🥰 - it’s awesome, but we still want to try and raise more if possible 🙏

The three of us, all being Dad's, pride ourselves on being able to support our families in as many different ways as possible. You dread to think that one day, that capability might be taken away.

Phil, Jack and Romano, brothers by marriage. Uncles between six beautiful children. We are a strong, close family unit. So in 2020, just as the global pandemic began, we were devastated to find out that Romano's 1 year old son Joe was diagnosed with a really rare form of Lung cancer.

Joey was taken to Alderhay Hospital in Liverpool to have a large section of his left lung removed. After recovery of his surgery and further investigation into the tumour, the decision was made to undertake 10 months of the most extreme chemotherapy any person can endure, and all this at the age of 1 year and 3 months old.

As the rules to dealing with a global pandemic became apparent, we realised realised were dealing with separation and uncertainty the likes none if us had dealt with before. How we could help one another in the usual way, no one knew. To make matters just that little harder Romano was also made redundant.

Thats where Latch, stepped into help.

Latch have a suite of rooms above rainbow ward in Cardiff which means that parents and siblings can be together for long hospital stays, laundry and a fully stocked kitchen which are free to use really help

Even during the pandemic they had an advisor come to speak to us as a family to find out our needs surrounding the diagnosis and treatment. They put Romano in touch with the right organisations to help with various benefits to support the family financially and whilst that was going on in the first few months, they helped with donations to help keep them above water with the bills. This charity absolutely caught them as they fell financially and now we feel it's time to give back.

So this is where we have decided to take on this challenge. We're calling it "The 3-3-3 Challenge".

3 Brothers - 3 peaks - in 3 days.

None of us are seasoned mountain walkers so we thought this was something challenging and out of the ordinary for us to attempt.

On the 29th August we will attempt Ben Nevis

Followed by Scafell Pike the day after, the day after that finishing with Snowdon.

The total walking distance is 23 miles (37km) and the total ascent is 3064 metres (10,052ft) with a lot of driving in between with some sore calves. We are funding the trip ourselves but looking for as much help as possible to raise much needed finds for Latch. Please share this around to help us reach our goal.

Check out the gallery to see how Joey handle his treatment and journey like the absolute HERO he is.