On Saturday May 24th 2025 Jake's two amazing uncles are taking part in a bike ride from LONDON TO PARIS!! Mike and Rich are riding on behalf of Jake and will bike from Kings College Hospital in London where their brave nephew was treated - and end in Paris, raising vital funds for children like him.

They will be joined by six other devoted dads and one incredible teenage transplant recipient, that will be cycling over 400km in just 4 days. Please consider donating and supporting us as we raise money for The British Transplant games which is a 4 day annual event being held this year in Oxford. Jake has competed in the games for the past two summers and has won countless medals!

The games play a vital role in the mental and physical wellbeing of transplant kids and just as importantly it raises awareness about organ donation and how many lives it saves. Organ donation is a miracle and something we proudly raise awareness for.

The games are funded by donations and allow the children the opportunity to participate, many children compete with oxygen support, feeding tubes and many are still in treatment. A number of the children have survived cancer before their transplant and some only just learnt to walk. These kids compete and feel like champions for one long weekend of every year supported by their families and some children are also supported by their donor families who lost their child but donated their organs and get to see the miracle of organ donation in the child they help save.

The games are extremely important for kids, transplants are a treatment, not a cure. The children and young people on our team usually need lifelong medication, they have frequent hospital appointments, blood tests and other procedures, and are more susceptible to illness and infection.

King’s runs the largest liver transplantation programme in Europe and carries out around 50 paediatric transplants per year. Although most children return to a normal life after transplant, they are left with scars, both physical and emotional.

Please support us so we can support the 'Kings kids', these children mean so much to our family.

Here is our Jakey's story:

Three years ago our darling Jake who was only 3 years old at the time, suddenly became very ill. Jake had caught a virus and it was attacking his liver, our lives were shattered as Jake was diagnosed with Hyper Acute Liver Failure and we were told he would need a transplant to save his life. Within one week of being at Kings College Hospital London, Jake was placed at the top of the nationwide emergency liver transplant list and induced into a coma to prevent brain damage whilst we waited for his transplant. Jake’s mum Olivia donated a portion of her liver to save Jake, he was given just 48 hours to live and we were told he wouldn’t wake up but our Jake fought hard and started breathing on his own again.

Jake spent two weeks in the intensive care unit and 5 weeks on the Ray of Sunshine paediatric liver ward. The treatment and attention Jake received at Kings was exceptional. We owe them everything.

Since Jake’s transplant it has been very challenging to adjust to this ‘new’ life. He spends countless days in hospital being poked and prodded. He takes an endless list of medication which will continue for the rest of his life, and every single time he gets a fever he is rushed to the hospital. One of the many difficulties of being on immunosuppressants means he gets sick often and his body can’t fight it as easily as other children his age.

Thanks to the generosity of friends and family, we previously raised £41,000 for the Ray of Sunshine Ward, funding a brand new parents room (completed in 2024) and a new playroom opening this summer. We are kindly asking you one more time if you could donate any amount possible to send these incredible children to the transplant games this year..

Please visit our social media to see quotes from families about how important the Games are to them. https://www.instagram.com/kingschildrensteam/

To find out more about the team please email team manager Jo Ramsay at kingschildrenstt@gmail.com.

For more information on the charity's support for the team please visit https://supportkings.org.uk/what-you-make-possible/difference-were-making/british-transplant-games.

We are fundraising for the British Transplant Games Fund D2338.

With love

The Rice Family

The Totman Family

The Feczko Family

xxx