About Us
Welcome to our website. This website has been created to showcase the continuing effort to raise awareness and try helping various causes within the children’s wards at both Alder Hey and Whiston Hospital.
Our involvement in the causes we are trying to help is due to the awareness created from personal experience. Our son, Alfie Flynn Mullen, was born 16 weeks premature and weighed only 1lb 9oz. Alfie spent the time he was with us in-between St Marys ICU, Whiston Hospital and Alder Hey. Whilst between these hospitals we experienced first-hand the struggles that children, parents and hospitals face on a daily basis. For example, the lack of facilities available for a parent to stay close to their child overnight or the struggle to arrange transportation to transfer a child from one hospital to another…
Where the money has gone so far...
£13,668 - Mc Donald House, Alder Hey Hospital
£4,040 - Whiston Children's Hospital
2010 - 2011 CAMPAIGN £17,708
Events Coming Up
Kilimanjaro
On 3rd February 2012
After weeks of training/dieting, we are now at the end of our countdown to our biggest/most ambitious fund raising event yet. We head to Kilimanjaro 02/02/2012 to take on the Rongai Route, which is a 10 day trek that we anticipating to be both mentally and physically draining with the added bonus of high temperatures, wild animals and altitude to contend with!!! We are doing this to help contribute towards the years fundraising for a new transport pod for babies/children at Whiston Hospital – with that in mind, we are hoping it will spur us on and inspire us to complete this daunting task.
We have a live blog up and running in which we are hoping to update and send pictures on a daily basis, please check it out at - http://www.killi-climb.blogspot.com/
Press Release
A family from Widnes are raising funds to buy a piece of equipment to help transport premature babies who need specialist care...
3 Peak Challenge
On 13th August 2011
We will take on the 24 hour 3 Peak Challenge, starting at Ben Nevis North of the Border, then onto Scafell Pike in the Lakes and finishing off with mighty Snowdon in North Wales. Jay & Eric cracked Snowdon on Sunday 12th June as our first bit of training and were battered by the elements en route and soaked to the skin at the end! Confirmed for this event so far are: Jason & Rio Mullen, Eric Ireland, Nick Sparks, Andy Smith, Del Niloban, Simon Haste & Alan Merton.
Kilimanjaro
18th February 2012
It is now confirmed that we will be going to Kilimanjaro 18th February 2012 to complete the Rongai route. There will be 6 of us making the trek over a 10 day period. The people taking part are Jason Mullen, Keith Mullen, Nicolas Sparks, Andrew Smith, Darren Pugh and Dave Pugh. We will be doing a daily blog on our trip so please keep an eye out to keep up-to-date on our progress.
If you would like to help us reach our targets by organising your own event, you can join the team by joining via our just giving page.
Previous Events
2012 Tough Guy Challenge
Congratulations to Andy Smith who completed the 2012 Tough Guy Challenge on Sunday 29th January 2012. The challenge itself was an 8 mile assault course through mud, trenches, various apparatus and also cattle prods at one point!!! All funds raised are going towards our yearly total for a new transport pod for babies/children at Whiston Hospital. Thank you Andy!!!!!!!
Charity Night 2011
On 17th September 2011 we held our annual charity night at the Marquee Suite within the Stobart Stadium, Widnes. Attended by over 350 people including the Mayor of Widnes we held various events such as a charity raffle & charity auction and we had a couple of live acts perform, local band the Odds and local comedian Max Pressure.
Thank you letters from McDonald House & Whiston Hospital
Coast to Coast Ride
Coast to Coast Bike ride from Whitehaven to Newcastle a 3 day gruelling event (Jason Mullen, Rio Mullen, Keith Mullen, Anthony Mullen, Peter Ireland, Nicky Sparks, Del Niloban, Ian Rhodes & support team of Mark & Samuel Daintith, Colin Mcevoy , Emilio Niloban)
Charity Night at Stobart Stadium
Charity night for 300 people at Stobart stadium with local comedian Frankie Allen and fantastic local band “The Doylers” which raised over £9,600 organised by Jason Mullen, Eric Ireland and Nicky Sparks. A big thanks to all that attended, all friends and family who helped to organise and all staff at Stobart Stadium for making our night an overwhelming success.
Manchester 10k Run
Manchester 10k completed by Claire Daintith who helped raise over £500.00.
Coast to Coast Bike Ride
Coast to Coast Bike Ride completed by Keith McCracken & Land Rover colleagues who raised over £600.00.
Fundraising Events
John Holland and staff of Ei8ht Restaurant on Allerton Road who raised over £500.00 by donating tips and fundraising events. John also kindly donated lots of quality prizes for the raffles on the night.
Sponsored Childrens Walk
Phil Colligan of Springfield Nursery, Liverpool who raised money by organising a sponsored childrens walk with staff and toddlers raising £500.00.
Thank you Consultancy Group!
Darren Pugh of Consultancy Group donated over £500.00.
Charity Car Wash
Eric Ireland and his colleagues from Royal Mail raised £700.
A big thanks to all friends and family who without their big efforts, organisation, donations and generosity this amazing amount of money would never have been achieved!! You should all be very proud of helping this great local cause. Thank you.