A STOURBRIDGE audiologist has helped raise nearly £3,000 for charity after his 34-year-old friend died tragically last year.

Adam Sadler, who works at Specsavers, wanted to raise awareness and funds for the charity Butterfly AVM after his friend Andrew Perkins died from a circulatory condition.

Along with four friends, he took on Tough Mudder to help support the charity, which funds specific research into peripheral, brain and extremity AVMs (arteriovenous malformations).

The quintet originally pledged to raise £2,000 for the charity but smashed the target, raising £2,844 thanks to the generosity of their supporters.

Adam also took part in a charity football match, playing for GDL Athletic (a team Andrew was connected to) which topped up the fundraising total.

He said: “Andrew was a great friend and so we wanted to do all we could to not only raise funds for the charity, but also raise awareness of the condition.

“Thanks to everyone who supported us.”

The Butterfly AVM Charity is the first organisation that deals specifically with AVMs and its goal is that one day a cure and more successful treatments will be found.