Matty's fundraiser for University College London Hospitals Charity UK

Matt Ballinger is raising money for University College London Hospitals Charity UK

Team: Team fundraising for University College London Hospitals Charity UK

In memory of Daisy May Catterall

Royal Parks London Half Marathon & Run Rome The Marathon

Support the UCLH general fund - money raised here will go where it is most needed to support patient care, staff and research. UCLH Charity is the official charity of UCLH NHS FT.

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Do it for Daisy. In support of HLH awareness and research.

Earlier this year, my life completely changed in the most heart breaking way. My beautiful girlfriend, Daisy, lost her life to a very rare and aggressive illness called Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).

She devastatingly developed HLH off the back of virus she had just weeks prior to her passing, and despite everything she fought through there was nothing she, us or the doctors could do to prevent the disease from spiralling.

Daisy was the light for many of her friends and family, a true inspiration to everyone who knew her. Myself and Daisy had been together for 7 years, progressing through life as a solid unit and sharing so many amazing memories with each other, memories I will cherish forever with a heavy heart.

I will be taking on these challenges with the ambition to raise as much money as possible for our friends at UCLH Charity UK, to help sculpt the future of HLH and with hope to do my Dazzler proud.

Over the coming months I will be taking on 2 challenges:

Royal Parks London Half Marathon (October 12th 2025)

Run Rome The Marathon (March 22nd 2026)

Any donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance and I wish you all a happy and healthy future, please remember that today is a blessing and tomorrow is a mystery.

Do it for Daisy ❤️

Donation summary

Total
£4,300.39
+ £936.75 Gift Aid
Online
£4,300.39
Offline
£0.00

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