Reaching new heights for Women’s Charity

Reaching new heights for Women’s Charity

When Emma Canning gave birth to monoamniotic twins in 2007, she never dreamed that she would be returning almost 5 years later to scale the Women’s Hospital building in an 80ft abseil!

However, Emma and her husband Mark, from Stirchley, Birmingham, are so grateful to the Women’s after their twin girls, Hannah and Sophie, beat odds of 140,000 to one of survival that they wanted to give something back. 

There are around only ten cases of monoamniotic twins in Britain a year, a condition where twins share the same birth sac and placenta .

Emma who is afraid of heights will be facing her fears and joining up to 100 Women’s Hospital staff, former patients and families and friends on Saturday 29^th September. All abseilers will be raising money for Birmingham Women’s Hospital Charity and this includes the Tiny Babies Big Appeal which is raising money to purchase new equipment for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Emma and Mark’s twin daughters Hannah and Sophie were transferred to the Neonatal Unit after birth and so they are keen to raise funds for the appeal. The Unit treats over 1000 sick and premature babies a year and is the largest unit in the region.

Abseilers will also be raising money for other areas of the hospital including Maternity, Gynaecology, Fetal Medicine, Genetics and Fertility.

If you would like to join the abseiling event at Birmingham Women’s Hospital, then please contact The Fundraising Office on 0121 623 6874 or visit our website: www.bwhcharity.org.uk