All dressed up for carer cash

12:40pm Wednesday 3rd August 2011

A COLOURFUL parade of fancy dressed fundraisers caused a stir walking through Dudley on Sunday in their bid to raise cash for Russells Hall Hospital.

The group are all friends and family of Andrew Darby, who suffered a serious motorcycle collision on Dudley Road, Sedgley, in September last year.

The crash left Andy with severe brain and body injuries and he spent almost four months on the Intensive Care Unit of Russells Hall Hospital, with relatives now raising funds as a thank you to them for saving his life.

The walk was organised by Andy’s son Shaun and his partner Emily Judge, to raise as much money as possible.

Around 40 people took part in the walk from the Clifton pub in Sedgley to the hospital dressed in various colourful guises Emily said: “Since we picked Andy up from the hospital we said we wanted to raise money for the ICU as they did such a wonderful job of making sure he is still with us today.

“We decided now was the right time to do something and we always have fancy dress parties, so we knew we had to do something which involved fancy dress.”

Andrew is still undergoing treatment on his arm and regular attends a rehabilitation unit for his head injuries.

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