Doncaster teen is collecting Christmas gifts for children in hospital this festive season
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“Last year, Dylan collected around 150 gifts at Christmas to ensure everyone on the unit had a package to open at hospital.”
A Doncaster teen is asking for people to donate toys to children in hospital this Christmas.
Dylan James was diagnosed with an incurable kidney disease at the age of five years old and has received treatment for the condition for most of his life.
Despite the challenges he faces the young man is passionate about fundraising - he recently raised over £10,000 for Nottingham Children’s Hospital, where he receives treatment.
Every year at Christmas time Dylan runs a gift collection for children who are on dialysis over the festive period.
His mum, Rachel Ravenhill, told us: “Children on this treatment can't miss sessions - they need dialysis just to survive - so it means going into hospital over the Christmas period and sitting on a machine for hours and hours a day, missing out on the festive fun.
“Last year, Dylan collected around 150 gifts at Christmas to ensure everyone on the unit had a package to open at hospital.”
Sadly Dylan has relapsed and is once again in treatment for kidney disease - he is now unable to run the collection as he normally would.
He has moved the project online - the presents are now on an Amazon wish list.
Dylan is asking for local people and businesses to buy a toy for a child from this list.
Each toy will go to a child under going gruelling treatment around Christmas in hospital.