'Superheroes' gathered at Slough's Wexham Park Hospital to support seriously ill children.

The hospital charity’s annual Run Wexham 10km trail race and 2km family fun run took place on Sunday, July 23 through the countryside surrounding the site. This year’s event had a superheroes theme as more than 200 serious athletes, fun runners and families strode out in aid of the Frimley Health Charity’s Children’s Critical Care Appeal. Many wore fancy dress.

Fundraising manager Anthony Kerslake said: “Run Wexham continues to grow in popularity each year and provides a fantastic opportunity for the local community to come together to support their hospital.

“About 10 children with life-threatening conditions are admitted to the children’s ward at Wexham Park each week. The sponsorship raised through events such as Run Wexham will help us to give them the best level of care that we can while they are in our hospital.”

The appeal is aiming to raise £210,000 to provide extra equipment and facilities at the five-bed children’s high dependency unit, which opened last year at Wexham Park.

The money will buy specialist equipment that the NHS budget does not run to. It will also be used to furnish new family accommodation alongside the unit.