Paul Albert
Riding for the Olive Martin Fund
Fundraising for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
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There'll be a group of us cycling the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 mile challenge on 2nd August 2015 in memory of my friend Paul's little girl, Olive.
The fund was set up by Paul and his wife Clare after their daughter sadly passed away last year.
Here's a short back story to the fund from their Just Givinghttps://www.justgiving.com/olivemartin/
Our beautiful daughter Olive was born on 7th June 2014 with a very complex heart condition, sadly too complex even for the team at Great Ormond Street Hospital to fix. After two 9-hour open-heart procedures in the space of a week, and another week of being fully supported on ECMO, our brave little girl passed away in our arms on 22nd July 2014, only 6 weeks after she was born.
Why are we doing this? Clare and I are determined that everything we do in Olive's memory can help other sick children and their families. For this reason we have chosen to support Great Ormond Street Hospital – specifically we want to fund break-through heart research projects and also contribute to further advance the care of all GOSH patients and families.
Please give whatever you can and feel comfortable giving. Your contribution however big or small will be greatly appreciated, and will be going towards a genuinely life changing organisation and helping countless people.
All monies raised will go towards the Olive Martin Brighter Future Fund which Paul and Clare setup to help fund break-through heart research projects at Great Ormond Street Hospital and also contribute to further advance the care of all patients and families.
The event. Celebrating the legacy for cycling created by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 starts in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, then follows a 100-mile route on closed roads through the capital and into Surrey’s stunning countryside, finishing on The Mall in central London. With leg-testing climbs and a route made famous by the world’s best cyclists at the London 2012 Olympics, it's a truly spectacular event for all involved.