Ben raises £8,500 for hospital research centre

Extreme challenger Ben Moorhouse and his partner Gaynor Thompson have presented a cheque for £8,500 to the Manchester Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre at St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester.

This is the fourth donation from the charity, and a total of £33,500 that has been donated to research team.

In October 2018, Ben and Gaynor’sdaughterKallipateira was stillborn at 38 weeks of pregnancy in Calderdale and then the couple experienced a miscarriage in May 2019 at nine weeks of pregnancy.

Ben and Gaynor launched their own charity The Kallipateira Moorhouse Foundation to help save babies’ lives through research and support other parents who have experienced the death of a baby.

On May 23, 2020, Ben and Gaynor gave birth to their baby boy Apollon in Manchester, who survived due to specialist care from Professor Alex Heazell and his team.

Ben said: “Because of Alex and his team our son Apollon survived, and this further donation will make his big sister so happy!

Professor Heazell said: “Ben and Gaynor’s continued support has enabled us to carry out studies of partner’s experiences and needs in pregnancy after loss, based in the Rainbow Clinic.

On July 13, Ben will walk 110 miles non-stop from Wainhouse Tower in Halifax to Blackpool then onto to St

Mary’s Hospital in Manchester.

On August 17, he will then take on the 300 steps of Tsambika Monastery in Rhodes Greece at the height of summer– a total of 100 times in one day.

To support Ben with a donation for his next extreme challenges, visit www.justgiving.com/page/kmf2024.