Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page, our team members are:

Donna Grover (Me!), Lauren Compton, Helen Keetch, Ian Keetch, Dawn Jones, Gary Gofton and Cliff Marshall

Just over a year ago my sister and her husband became parents to their first child, a little girl they named Maggie.

Maggie was born 15 weeks early at 24 weeks and five days and so required 24 hour care in the Neo-Natal Intensive Care unit at St. Peter's Hospital in Chertsey. Maggie battled very hard but after 19 days the fight was just too much and the machines that were keeping her alive were switched off while Mummy and Daddy cuddled her off to sleep.

Everyone that was involved in Maggie's care at the hospital did an amazing job, all the staff work tirelessly day in and out to give the babies and parents the much needed support that is required. It is because of this that my sister and her husband decided they wanted to give something back to the hospital for all the support and kindess they showed whilst at the hospital and also to help other parents that have their babies at the unit.

I also wanted to help as this charity has become close to my heart too, and so I have summoned the troops and got together a team to run the Great South Run on the 28th October, this is a 10 mile route around Portsmouth, so if anyone is at a loose end on that day please come and cheer us on!

Please dig deep and give whatever you can.

Every single penny really does make a huge difference to many little lives and their parents that go through what my family did.