LINLEY Charity of the Year 2010

Message from David Linley:

In 2008, my great friend and business partner Ruth Kennedy and her husband Bruce Dundas suffered the terrible loss of their son Louis Dundas who was only 5 years old. Louis died of a brain tumour. During his illness his family became acutely aware of the need to do more to promote and improve children's palliative care. Crucially, their experience highlighted to them the lack of research in the field and the desperate need to share knowledge within the UK and world wide.

To that end they have set about founding the Louis Dundas Centre at Great Ormond Street, with the aim of raising £7 million to create a world-class centre of research. This will be a teaching and practice centre in children's palliative care based at Great Ormond Street Hospital together with their academic research partner, the UCL Institute of Child Health.

In order to raise funds for this tremendously worthwhile and meaningful project, our friend Johnny Bergius has made the brave decision to climb the challenging mountain of Aconcagua later this month. As any of you who know about mountains will testify, this is one of the most difficult ascents there is. Johnny felt this was a fitting tribute to the challenge which Louis faced up to with such fortitude and courage.

I would ask you all to please support Johnny as he attempts this feat, in tribute to a wonderful child and to many other children who will benefit from his endeavours. Please see http://www.justgiving.com/johnny-bergius0/ and also http://www.johnnybergiusaconcagua.blogspot.com.

We will keep you informed throughout 2010 of activity we are planning at LINLEY to raise funds for the Louis Dundas Centre at GOSH on this page.

Yours ever,
David Linley

Chairman
LINLEY

For further information see http://www.gosh.org/louis-dundas-centre