FINANCE specialist advisor Alan Maddock will be in a spin next week as he takes on a 12-hour fundraiser inspired by Debbie Dixon’s story.

Debbie, from Tarporley, raises between £15,000 and £20,000 a year to hold screening days for young people aged between 14 and 35.

Debbie’s son Aaron died in 2011 at the age of 23 from an undetected genetic heart defect, and since her son’s death Debbie has held sessions to screen for undetected heart defects.

The screening is run by the charity CRY – Cardiac Risk In The Young – for which Debbie is the Cheshire representative.

Alan works for Weaver Vale Housing Trust, and will be undertaking a gruelling spinathon at Northwich Memorial Court on Wednesday, September 7, from 7am to 7pm, to help raise money for a screening event at Memorial Court in July 2017.

He will be joined by about 40 people at various times over the 12 hours, including 30 colleagues from the housing trust.

“I was inspired by Debbie’s story and her commitment to raise funds in her son’s memory,” said Alan.

“It is an amazing cause, and an absolute honour to support Debbie – we are all so passionate about this.

“Debbie has also really touched the hearts of Fran Sant, Claire Mann and Sue Malek, who have been instrumental in organising the spinathon.”

Debbie aims to screen 100 young people in a day, which costs a total of £3,500.

Alan is hoping to raise enough to fund the 2017 screening session, and has so far raised £1,124 towards his target through a virginmoneygiving online donations page.

“Brio have been very supportive of this event,” added Alan.

“They have allocated a number of spin bikes, are carrying out inductions on the day, have provided a raffle prize and are allowing us to have an awareness area at Memorial Court.”

The Arabica Caffe at Gadbrook Park invited Alan to hold an awareness event for the spinathon at the café, has a CRY collection box and has donated a raffle prize.

To support Alan’s spinathon fundraiser visit virginmoneygiving.com and type his name in the search bar.