Pic in Donnington of two men about to embark on a charitable walk from Telford to The Wirral. We meet up to find out more.
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00:00So we find Robert and Sam here in Donington on a training mission.
00:03How you doing, lads? You okay?
00:05Good, good, good.
00:06So, fill us in. You're doing a bit of an epic walk, is that right?
00:09Yeah.
00:10Go on then, what's the challenge you're doing and why you're doing it?
00:12So we're walking from Telford to the Wirral over three days on the 16th of May
00:17to raise more awareness for sudden, unexplained death in children.
00:22Our friend's baby passed away, when was it?
00:2622nd of February.
00:27Yeah, she passed away.
00:28And it's my best friend, Lisa, so we're both from there in the Wirral.
00:32The Wirral, so that's why I want to walk back there.
00:34Ah, hence the Wirral as a location. It all makes sense now.
00:37So how many miles is it you've got to clock up then over the three days?
00:4064 miles.
00:41Yeah, just over.
00:42So you're hoping for weather like this, I guess?
00:44We are, yeah. So we're going to do it over three days.
00:46Yeah.
00:47Stop in Wichurch and then Wichurch to Chester.
00:50Chester to the Wirral.
00:51To Henswold, yeah.
00:52So this sudden death then, so it's literally what people have a...
00:56Generally with babies, is it, yeah?
00:58Children up to the age of 13 years of age.
01:01Oh, okay.
01:01Yeah, so it's...
01:03The government don't really fund it, so there's not a lot of...
01:07Not much information about it.
01:08About it.
01:09Yeah, so we didn't really know anything about it until it happened to our friend.
01:12And this is where a youngster appears to be fine, not really any symptoms?
01:18Yeah, no symptoms.
01:19She was a healthy little baby.
01:21Yeah.
01:22She put her to bed one night, didn't she?
01:23And then went and checked on her and then there was just, yeah.
01:27Horrific, yeah, yeah.
01:29How's your friend coping?
01:30She's struggling, but she's found strength.
01:34She's set up the GoFundMe.
01:37She wants to...
01:38All the money we raised for the GoFundMe, she wants to split over three or four charities.
01:43Okay, yeah.
01:44That are all for a similar cause, really.
01:47Yeah.
01:47Yeah, she's just turned Ophelia Wings into a non-profit charitable organisation now, so
01:54that's all gone through.
01:56And we're doing a charity gala at the Londoner in Leicester Square on the 22nd of February.
02:03February, yeah, the date Ophelia passed away on the Red Birchery, so she wants to do a gala
02:08and raise more awareness.
02:10And this is the little Ophelia on the jumper.
02:13Yeah, this is Ophelia, yeah.
02:14Cool.
02:15So you'll be sporting this on the trek then, I'll take it, won't you?
02:18So you're, as well as raising money, it's about raising that awareness that this can happen,
02:24you know, yeah.
02:25So a lot of people don't really know about it, because you get a lot of cot deaths in babies,
02:29but when they're over 12 months old, it's when it's these sudden unexplained deaths.
02:35Yeah.
02:36Yeah.
02:37Well, we wish you all the best with the event, lads, and pass on our best wishes to your friend
02:43as well.
02:43Thank you very much.
02:44Cheers, guys.
02:44Well done.
02:45Cheers, lads.