A soft play manager who spent the festive season critically ill in hospital is planning to make Christmas special for children who have to spend it in hospital this year.
Calli Tully, 25, was born with a hole in her heart and had to undergo emergency surgery when she was 17 to remove a muscle mass that had developed. She spent the beginning of December 2014 on Ward 23 at the Freeman Hospital, in Heaton, and was moved by the number of children who were unable to spend Christmas at home.
Her experiences have driven her to make sure Children who have to spend Christmas in hospital have the best day possible. And now she is calling on the public to help her in her mission by helping to raise funds to buy gifts.