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On the 15 April 2016 our friend and colleague Lisa Brown and her husband Richard lost their incredible daughter, Rhea, to cancer.  

Rhea was diagnosed with a Metastatic Germ Cell Tumour shortly after her Second Birthday in 2014.  Rhea fought this disease with amazing courage for two years, through three cycles of chemotherapy, brain surgery and radiotherapy to her brain.  She took everything in her stride, barely complained and was a huge source of pride and inspiration to Lisa and Richard, their family and everyone who met her.

However, in March 2016 Lisa and Richard found out that the cancer was continuing to spread and there were no more treatment options available. Rhea spent her last few weeks at home surrounded by family, friends and the things that she loved. Rhea died shortly after her Fourth birthday.

Osprey Holidays, Ski Independence and Powder Beds would like to show our support for Lisa and Richard by coming together and raising as much money as we can in Rhea's memory.

We’ve set the challenge as five Munros in a day (a Munro: a Scottish mountain over 3000ft) and plan to do this in May 2017, in the run up to the main event we plan to have various fundraising events to support our cause.

Our aim is to raise money for a new purpose built multi-sensory therapy room, specifically for Oncology and Neurology patients in the new hospital which is due to open later in 2017. Rhea spent a lot of time in 'Ward 2', the current Oncology and Haematology ward, and this will truly help other children and their families undergoing very difficult treatment.

For children on the Oncology ward this room will help both during the course of their treatment, and throughout their rehabilitation before they go home. There will be occupational therapists and physiotherapists working with the children to help improve their movement and skills damaged by treatment; interactive images will be projected onto the walls and ceilings for therapeutic purposes to engage the children who use this room. The multi-sensory nature of the space will not only help to stimulate physical therapy and rehabilitation, but provide a distracting, restful and peaceful room for children who are undergoing painful and often upsetting or traumatic courses of treatment.

Many thanks from the Osprey Holidays, Ski Independence and Powder Beds teams.