Many of you in the business will know the Bateman family with Nigel, Dan and Billy all working for CEMEX UK in various roles. The family had an extremely traumatic experience before Christmas when Billy’s little girl, Freya, became seriously ill.  It resulted in her needing to be moved to the John Radcliffe Children’s Hospital in Oxford and put on a ventilator and oscillator.  It was a close call as to whether she would survive, but thankfully after four weeks she made a good recovery and was back at home in time for Christmas.

The family are so grateful for the amazing care she received at the hospital that they want to do something to thank the heroes at the NHS for saving her life.  They have committed to raising as much money this year as possible!!  They have already set up a JustGiving account and raised close to £4,000.  Once COVID restrictions are lifted they hope to hold fundraising events to boost the appeal.

If you would like to support via a donation then you can read Freya’s story on their JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/nicole-bateman

Nicole, Freya’s mum, sums up their experience: “All we know is, it wasn’t COVID-19 but it was life threatening. We owe the NHS everything.  They are relentless and anything we can do to help the critical care unit moving forwards would be amazing. You never know when you will need the NHS but when you do, I guarantee they will go above and beyond.”