Eastbourne daughter of nurse to walk 15 miles INSIDE her flat for the NHS

Kayleigh Vincent-Lee plans to walk 15 miles around the inside of her flat in Hartfield Road on Friday (April 10) and is asking the public to donate towards her ‘crackers’ idea.

The big motivation for Kayleigh was seeing her mother, who is currently working at the NHS hospital in Haywards Heath after being transferred from Lewes Victoria Hospital, help save people’s lives during the coronavirus pandemic.

The mother-of-one said, “I am doing this for all NHS workers and all social carers. But most importantly I am dedicating this to my mum.

“She is my hero and I don’t think she quite realises how brave she really is. The world needs us more than ever right now, and our NHS need all the help they can get to beat this. I am going to try raise as much as I can to help fund equipment and supplies.”

Kayleigh said she came up with the idea while clapping for carers on her street last Thursday (April 2) and has so far, as of Tuesday morning (April 7), raised £196 of a £100 target.

She said, “When we were all clapping for carers I thought ‘is there something I can do?’. I wanted to do something to support my mum and her colleagues.”

Kayleigh said her mother said that ‘everyone’ inside the hospital is ‘together’ and there is a nice ‘community spirit’ despite how bad the situation is.

To donate to Kayleigh’s page, visit here

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