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Cardiff Devil helps Caerphilly nursery raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital

News | | Published: 13:00, Tuesday April 21st, 2015.
Last updated: 13:01, Tuesday April 21st, 2015

The children with Kris Agland, from the Cardiff Devils, (centre) and Finlay and mum Gemma (centre left)
The children with Kris Agland, from the Cardiff Devils, (centre)
and Finlay and mum Gemma (centre left)

A nursery is fundraising to help a little boy with a rare genetic disorder.

One-year-old Finlay has been diagnosed with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome, a disorder which causes overgrowth and affects one in 15,000 births.

Finlay attends Britannia Day Nursery, on Caerphilly Business Park, and nursery staff decided to hold a fundraising assault course day, which was attended by members from the Army.

Ice hockey team the Cardiff Devils have also donated a shirt signed by players to be raffled off. Money raised by the nursery will go to Great Ormond Street Hospital which is carrying out research into Beckwith-Wiedemann.

Finlay’s mum Gemma O’Driscoll said: “The fundraising effort is amazing. I feel overwhelmed by it.”

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