Shaun Berrett, who is also a freelance football reporter for the Worthing Herald, ran the London Marathon for the first time in April to raise money for Beach ward, which treats children, at Worthing Hospital and the Guillain-Barre Syndrome support group.

The idea to use the money for buy entertainment equipment for the ward, came about after his three-year-old niece Edie Adams was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome last June.

While spending time on Beach ward, Edie's dad and Shaun's brother-in-law Adrian noticed the lack of entertainment equipment for both the children and parents to use during their time there.

Guillain-Barré syndrome is a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. If the disorder is not detected quickly enough it can lead to patients becoming paralysed.

Shaun raised £1,000 and completed the 26-mile marathon in three hours, 49 minutes and 18 seconds.

On Thursday (July 10) he handed over five portable televisions each with an integrated DVD player, £200 worth of DVDs and a selection of distraction toys to staff on the ward.

A donation of just over £170 was also made to the Guillain-Barre Syndrome support group.

Adrian is also making a donation of two computers with broadband Internet connection to the Ronald McDonald house at St George's Hospital in Tooting who helped with the recovery of Edie.

The Ronald McDonald house provides accommodation for parents of children who are staying at the hospital.

Shaun said: "The staff on the ward were over the moon with the equipment. I am sure the children there will love it."

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