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AMY’S THANK YOU TO HOSPITAL THAT HELPED HER RECOVERY

A FORMER gymnast from Ruislip aimed high to raise cash for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity).

Amy Myers, 21, from Ruislip took on the Walkie-Talkie Tower Climb challenge this weekend to raise vital money for Amy joined hundreds of participants on Saturday March 3 to sprint to the summit of one of London’s most recognisable landmarks, 20 Fenchurch Street, climbing over 800 stairs across 36 floors in under ten minutes.

Amy, a University student who is currently on a work placement at GOSH Charity, took on the challenge to say thank you for the care she received at the hospital as a child.

Gymnastics-loving Amy was referred to Great Ormond Street Hospital when, at age 13, she injured her back competing.

Scans revealed Amy had crushed the lower discs in her spine and her injury then resulted in her gradually losing movement on one side of her body, her left arm, leg and ankle. She spent over a year at GOSH having surgery and intense physio to recover her mobility.

Six years later, Amy signed up to take on the Walkie Talkie Tower Climb challenge to raise money for the hospital that helped her to get back on her feet.

Amy Myers said: “At one point after I had the accident my parents were told I might not ever walk again. Before coming to GOSH I may have never had the chance to do something like this and take on this challenge. Signing up to the Walkie Talkie Tower Climb really pushed me – I haven’t done anything like this since everything that happened with my back, but I felt really proud of myself once I’d reached the Sky Garden finish line at the top of the building. It’s all for such a good cause and when the climb got difficult, I just thought about why I was doing it.”

Laura Savory, head of community fundraising at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, said: “We are really grateful to Amy and all our supporters for taking part in this challenge and we’re thrilled to have hosted this Tower Climb for the first time at the Walkie-Talkie Building.

Every step our runners took and every penny they raise will make a real difference to children at Great Ormond Street Hospital.”

Money raised by runners taking part in the Walkie-Talkie Tower Climb will go towards the hospital’s most urgent fundraising needs.

These include pioneering research to find treatments for the most complex childhood illnesses, providing advanced equipment and supporting the refurbishment of the hospital to provide facilities to match the hospital’s world-class care.

The event is proudly sponsored by Rothesay Life. For more information please visit gosh.org/towerclimb or contact the charity’s Walkie-Talkie Tower Climb team on towerclimb@ gosh.org or 020 8341 3270.

To sponsor Amy please visit www. justgiving. com/ fundraising/ amymyers