Hi guys,

Some of you may know that I work for Helen & Douglas House, a children’s hospice in Oxford. Before I joined, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect - but what I found is one of the most uplifting and special places. Every day, the hospice brings joy, comfort, and relief to children with life-limiting conditions and their families. I’ve had the privilege of meeting some of the children receiving end-of-life care and witnessing first-hand just how much love and care goes into every moment they spend here.

It’s a place where children are given the chance to experience as much life as possible. Where exhausted parents can breathe for a moment, knowing their child is in safe hands. And where siblings can step away from the heaviness of their situation to laugh, play, and simply be children again.

Mikey and I love adventures and have done so much together- we’ve lived in a tent together for a year (no easy feat!) while driving the lap of Australia, we’ve hiked through the jungle to La Ciudad Perdida in Colombia, swam in the Amazon River with piranhas and pink dolphins, completed the Salcantay trek in Peru, swam with the biggest shark in the ocean in the Ningaloo Reef, and wild camped 100 miles through rural Scotland on foot. We’ve run half marathons, marathons, ultramarathons, and taken on Tough Mudders and triathlons. We’ve even hiked to altitudes matching Everest Basecamp near the Andes.

Now, we’ve decided to turn our love for challenges into something bigger. In October 2026, we’ll be heading to the Himalayas to take on a major trek alongside other supporters raising money for children’s hospices across the UK including Helen & Douglas House.

In the lead-up, we’ll be taking on several other challenges and events in aid of HDH - including a 100-mile hike along the East Highland Way and a 45-mile kayak from Hereford to Symonds Yat – with much more to come!

Mikey will be starting things off with an incredible solo challenge in July 2025: cycling from John o’Groats to Lands End. It’s more than 1,000 miles across the length of the UK, completely self-supported in 2 weeks. It’s a huge undertaking, both physically and mentally—but he’s taking on the challenge for HDH.

We’re doing this because we want to raise as much awareness and money as we can for this amazing charity, the hospice needs to raise £6 million a year to fund the vital work they do, with 87% coming from public support. If you can support us, we’d be incredibly grateful. Every donation helps Helen & Douglas House continue its amazing work.

£10 could fund ten suction tubes used in the medical care of terminally ill children.

£20 could fund a play therapy hour session for a child, helping them to learn and develop whilst having fun in a relaxed atmosphere OR could pay for craft materials for a one hour siblings session.

£30 could fund an hour of support for a sibling as they come to terms with the fact that they will have to face a future without their brother of sister OR could fund one hour with an outreach specialist in a child’s home.

£50 could fund a two hour bereavement counselling session.

£100 could fund an hour of music therapy for a non-verbal patient allowing them to engage and express themselves.

£115 could fund half a day’s activities for adolescent siblings.

£115 could fund one day’s worth of medical supplies.

£215 could fund a four hour session with one of our Pediatric Doctors, helping a terminally ill child with symptom management and pain control.

£240 could fund an out of hours session with a doctor for a family in urgent need of support.

£280 could fund six months of bereavement counselling for a sibling who has lost their brother or sister.

£550 could fund two residential trips for one sibling to have space and time away as well as connect with other children experiencing similar struggles.

Please watch the video link to show the impact HDH has on families: