Faye maps out the best way to say thanks to hospital heroes...

By the end of this month (August), nine-year-old Faye Handyside will leave her grandparents’ Ribbleton home with a Google Maps-like knowledge of the local area after using their house as her base for daily, one mile runs to raise funds for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity.

Faye is running a variety of different routes to say thanks to staff at the Royal Preston Hospital caring for her beloved auntie, Laura Manenti, who works for housing association Community Gateway in Preston.

Laura, who is married to Roberto and mum to Liliah (12) and Chiara (six), has just celebrated her 34th birthday (10th August) surrounded by her family. She has also just undergone her third brain surgery, having been diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour last November.

Wanting to be close to Laura during the summer, Faye travelled with her mum and Laura’s sister Leanne, dad Jamie and older brother Kian (15) from Thirsk where dad is stationed with the 4th Regiment Royal Artillery to Ribbleton to stay with maternal grandparents Barry and Anne McCarrick.




















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