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On 11 March 2023, 19 of us will be attempting to cycle over 1,000 miles in memory of baby Alexis Constantinou, to raise vital funds for Acorns Children's Hospice.

How will it work?
We’ll be doing five back-to-back spinning (indoor cycling) sessions. Each session lasts 45 minutes, leaving a little break between each, and we are each pledging to cycle at least ten miles per session. Anyone who has ever done a spin class knows how tough it is … and we’ll be doing five of them!

Things are really hard right now, with soaring costs of living, and we understand that spare cash can be hard to come by. But if you can spare anything, we, on behalf of Acorns, would be really grateful for your donation.

Acorns Children’s Hospice is a Midlands-based charity that provides essential care for children like Alexis with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions, as well as supporting their families.
So if you can spare *anything*, please, please donate and let’s help Acorns to continue delivering its essential services.

Here's Alexis's story:
Baby Alexis was taken from his loving family tragically young. At just a few months old doctors confirmed that the little boy had Spinal Muscular Atrophy type 1. Unfortunately this is a terminal condition, with a short life expectancy. A matter of days after diagnosis Alexis was admitted to hospital with a chest infection, after which he became weaker. His Mum and Dad had to learn how to suction him and feed him by tube. Periods of hospital admissions and being cared for at home followed. Sadly, though, his condition continued to worsen and so his family turned to Acorns Hospice, which provided care for both baby and family, and tried to make life as normal as it could be.

Sadly Alexis passed away on November 2nd 2015, aged just 7 months old.



Xanthe’s words:

Thank you for taking time out to read this. Life has been very difficult since losing my little boy Alexis. I will forever continue to support Acorns like they supported us and made sure Alexis was comfortable. I want to keep Alexis’ memory alive and never forget his beautiful smile.
I have been teaching indoor cycling at Harborne Gym for many years (even whilst I was pregnant with Alexis) I have regular members that attend my classes and many are now good friends.
Thanks to these members that are taking on the 5 hour spinning challenge, you guys are absolutely amazing and I can’t thank you enough!!
Jay Edwards (my bestie), Dora Elkington, Shauna Finn, Niall O’Neill, Amanda Patten, Anna Cartledge, Steve Malak, Stephen Keye, Martin Chakki, Kwab Danquah, Tom Donnan, Clare Mike, Mary Elliston, Catherine Conaty, Norah Durrant, Victoria Rowsell, Manjit Palak, James Bryan , Claire White and Wing Yee Cheung.
Let’s do this!!!


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