DEDICATED friends and family have helped raise over £12,500 in memory of a 20-month-old baby.

Hundreds of people have sponsored and participated in numerous fund-raisers over the last year to help raise money for accommodation facilities at a children’s hospital in Manchester.

The money was raised for Bleddyn and Bethan Evans, from Nefyn, to help re-sponsor the room they stayed in at Ronald McDonald House Manchester when Efan, their son, was very poorly there.

The new donation will see the room remain in Efan’s name for at least another nine years.

The endeavours, notably including the Great Manchester Run earlier this year, have raised a five-figure sum in memory of Efan who passed away in 2012 after he was born with a rare lung disease called Surfactant deficiency protein-C.

During his treatment, Bethan recalls that the state-of-the-art facilities provided by Ronald McDonald House at Manchester Hospital made a very distressing period slightly more bearable and hopes to provide similar accommodation for families suffering similar woes.

Speaking of the final sum raised, Bethan said: “The family are so overwhelmed by the generosity and support of family, friends, the local community, schools, Sunday schools and well-wishers."See this week's north editions for the full story, in shops and online on Thursday