Kind-hearted kids have competed in a 5K inflatable run after their grandfather took a stroke earlier this year.
Siblings Calum Law, 11, Emily Law, eight and their cousin Ryan Stevenson, seven, set up the device to compete in the challenge in Strathclyde Park.
It comes after their grandfather William Law, 58, suffered from a stroke and the young fundraiser decided to give back to the hospital which helped with him his recovery.
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Raising £1400 for University Hospital Hairmyres in East Kilbride, the family, from Hamilton, hope the money will be used for a TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) machine which provided William with pain relief during his stroke recovery. They claim their was a shortage of the machines at the hospital.
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Billy Law, 36, son of William and father of Calum and Emily, told The Glasgow Times: “During the recovery period of my father’s stroke, the hospital had offered him a Tens machine which was part of his recovery. But it turned out they only had one machine left in Hairmyers with multiple people in there recovering from strokes.
“We were in a fortunate enough position that we said we would purchase one for my father, but the kids then thought, well why can’t we help the hospital out with this?
“So, they decided they wanted to do a charity event to raise £100 each and supply the hospital’s stroke ward with three Tens machines in turn.”
Their timed 5k inflatable charity run took place on Saturday, July 2 at Strathclyde Park and ran throughout the day from 9 am till 4 pm.
The event was open to the public and it saw attendees of all ages including adults battle through around 30 obstacles.
Alongside the event, the family created a donation page on JustGiving which you can view HERE
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