A KINDHEARTED Halesowen couple put their best feet forward to raise more than £1k for the hospital that saved their friend’s daughter’s life.

Daksha and David Priest completed the Birmingham Half Marathon on Sunday (October 23) in aid of Birmingham Children’s Hospital where Jasmine Page underwent a heart transplant earlier this year.

They raised £1,100 towards her family’s You Can’t Stop the Beat appeal for a second £30k life support machine like the one that kept the 13-year-old alive until a donor heart became available.

Daksha works with Jasmine’s mum Saundra Page at the Probation Service based in Halesowen.

The couple’s daughter Sasha, 13, has been friends with Jasmine since the pair started at Tenterfields Primary when they were four.

They both now attend Windsor High together.

Mum of two Daksha, said: “Jasmine is great - she’s recovering really well after the heart transplant.

“She’s getting stronger every day.

“We had been getting up at 5am to do training before work. We are really pleased with how it went and how much we have raised.

“It was my first half marathon at 43 so I was really pleased with my time of two hours, seven minutes.”

Jasmine, who suffered a rare heart condition, collapsed at school in January and made history when she became the first person to undergo a heart transplant at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

Daksha was with Saundra when Jasmine was taken ill and looked after Jasmine’s pets - Jacob the guinea pig and Pineapple the goldfish - while she was in hospital.

She thanked everyone who donated as well as Eaton Factory in Brierley Hill where David, aged 40, works which donated cash to the appeal.

Anyone wishing to give to the appeal can do so at www.justgiving.com/YouCantStopTheBeat or by texting BEAT64 plus the amount to be donated to 70070.