Ross Perks

Team Elio!!

Fundraising for The Wessex Neurological Centre Trust
£4,515
raised of £4,000 target
by 81 supporters
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Event: Great South Run 2010, on 24 October 2010
Participants: Ross, Piper

Story

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On the 22nd August, Elio Trapani, a 24 year old with the world at his feet was involved in a serious accident whilst out cycling, resulting in him sustaining extensive head and brain injuries.

After initial treatment at the QA Hospital in Portsmouth Elio was transferred to the Wessex Neurological Centre in Southampton where, for 4 weeks Elio remained in a coma fighting for his life, the commitment and dedication of the entire team shown to Elio during this time was exceptional.

Elio has shown extraordinary courage, courage that now see's him in a serious but stable condition in hospital beginning his long rehabilitation process.

Myself and Piper are proud to run the Great South Run in aid of the Wessex Neurological Centre, not only did they save the life of a good friend, they also help save hundreds of lives' each year and with your support this incredible work will continue.

Please donate what you can, it is for a fantastic organisation.

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So please dig deep and donate now.

Thank you

Ross & Piper

About the charity

The Wessex Neurological Centre serves a population of 3 million throughout central southern England & the Channel Islands. Having successfully raised £80,000 to provide a dedicated 'critical care' ambulance, and £145,000 to fund the creation of a Paediatric Video-Telemetry Suite (used to assess children with severe Epilepsy as to their suitability for life-changing corrective surgery), our latest appeal aims to raise a further £200,000 for our most ambitious project to date - the Fluorescence Enhanced Neurosurgery Appeal. Surgeons at the Centre perform vascular neurosurgery (to repair aneurysms, haemorrhages and the like), on hundreds of patients each year. By equipping one of the Centre's operating theatres with a new, state-of-the-art operating microscope fitted with the FL800 Fluorescence system, most of these patients will benefit. Fluorescence Enhanced Neurosurgery enables surgeons to clearly visualise blood-flow in adjacent brain tissue, reducing the possibility of either a recurrence of the bleed, or of a post-operative stroke. For further details, please visit www.smile4rich.co.uk

Donation summary

Total raised
£4,515.00
+ £535.90 Gift Aid
Online donations
£2,260.00
Offline donations
£2,255.00

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