Caring Mansfield mum's charity run to buy PlayStations for poorly children at King's Mill Hospital

A caring Mansfield mum is making big strides to help bring some fun to poorly children at King’s Mill Hospital.
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Gurbinder Bains is taking part in a sponsored run to raise funds to buy a PlayStation5 console and games for the hospital’s children’s ward.

The kind-hearted mum-of-one is doing the special fundraiser as a ‘thank you’ to staff after her own son received treatment at King’s Mill.

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Gurbinder, who is an HR manager at Tibshelf-based Hydro Aluminium UK Ltd, said: “I only started to run recently. I could barely run for more than a minute less than seven weeks ago, but now I can do 5k.

Gurbinder Bains is raising money to buy a PlayStation5 and games for the children's ward at King's Mill Hospital.Gurbinder Bains is raising money to buy a PlayStation5 and games for the children's ward at King's Mill Hospital.
Gurbinder Bains is raising money to buy a PlayStation5 and games for the children's ward at King's Mill Hospital.

"I wanted to keep it going and I needed some extra motivation. My company has often donated gifts and held raffles for the children’s ward at Christmas time, but I thought it would be nice to give them something now.

"I also wanted to say a big thanks for the care they showed to my son who previously spent time on the ward. So, I have committed to running 50 miles in a month all around Mansfield.”

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Gurbinder had set a target of £400 but raised £580 in just 24 hours and is hoping more people will get behind her charity runs.

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“I really hope people will get on board and help support this fundraising effort. It would be really nice if I could raise enough to buy maybe several PS5s and games,” she said.

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