21 July 2017
Pit stop visit to Bristol Royal Hospital for Children on the 12 Corners Challenge
Stephen Gibbs pootled by Bristol Royal Hospital for Children in
his Indian tuk tuk, to raise awareness of the 12 Corners Challenge
he's undertaking to raise money for Healing Little Hearts.
Visiting the most southerly, westerly, northerly and easterly
points of mainland England, Scotland and Wales; Steve will be
travelling no faster than 30mph, over 3000 miles, with plans to
complete his challenge in 21 days.
Steve is aiming to raise £6000 for Healing Little Hearts, who
fund medics to travel to countries including Africa, India and
Malaysia, to provide free heart surgery to young children and
babies who need it.
Steve said: "My inspiration for this challenge came from my
daughter, Helene, who is a paediatric intensive care sister at
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. Last year she was fortunate to
travel to Malaysia with a team of medics from Healing Little Hearts
and asked me whether I could raise funds for the charity so more
medics could go on similar trips."
Helene, sister on the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, and Steve's daughter, said:
"Raising funds for Healing Little Hearts is so important as the
charity does such amazing work, providing cardiac surgery free to
those who would just not be able to access it otherwise.
"Going to Malaysia was a very humbling experience. I met
people who I will truly never forget. Fundraising simply
means more teams, like ours here at Bristol Royal Hospital for
Children, can travel to these countries to give more children the
chance of life."
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