Hemel teacher to run 100 miles in February challenge for children's charity

A teacher from a primary school in Hemel Hempstead is running 100 miles in February to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.

Callum Jones, who works at Maple Grove Primary School, set himself the challenge this month after a pupil from the school was recently treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

The original target was £500, but the page has already raised over £1,500.

A spokesperson for the school said: "On Wednesday, January 27, a pupil at the school went home with a headache and he ended up having to be rushed to Great Ormond Street Hospital with a bleed on the brain.

"He was successfully operated on and is home now and doing okay but we wanted to do something to raise money for this amazing hospital, and thank the NHS staff for acting so quickly and taking him to that hospital.

"The response to the page has been amazing, we have already gone past the original target."

Callum, a PE specialist at the school, said: "I wanted to do something to help out the hospital that helped him so quickly.

"He is such a love, bouncy lad, just full of joy, so resilient and his recovery is just amazing. He truly is a great lad. He deserves all the credit for why I'm doing this.

"I cannot fully express how amazing the team at Great Ormond Street are, and as a member of a community school I want to push myself to do something out of my comfort zone, to raise money for this amazing hospital.

"I'm also so grateful to all the quick response teams that actually worked so quickly to deal with this incident.

"If you would like to contribute in any way, we would be really grateful."

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity supports the hospital and its patients by funding four key areas:

- Rebuilding and refurbishment

- Support for children and families

- Research into children's health

- Life saving medical equipment.

To make a donation click here, to see Callum's progress on his 100 miles in February challenge visit: www.maplegroveprimary.co.uk/mr-joness-100-miles.