The uncle of ten-year-old boy, who died in October, will be doing five fundraising challenges to raise money for the hospice that supported his nephew.

Ross Coniam, of Norbury Avenue, Watford, will be taking up the challenges throughout 2015 in memory of his nephew, Kieran Coniam.

Kieran battled many health problems in his short life, including cerebral palsy, epilepsy and "global development delay" syndrome.

In 2014, he caught pneumonia twice and was admitted to intensive care on both occasions. During this time, Kieran was also diagnosed with pseudomonas, a bacteria which effects the lungs.

But due to Kieran's weak immune system, he found it hard to fight the bacteria, and as a result his health deteriorated suddenly.

Ross will be raising money for the Keech Hospice Care in Luton where Kieran spent many of his days.

He said: "Kieran was an inspiration to all of us.

"He battled so much, for a long time and despite it all, he was a very happy boy."

The 32-year-old senior expenses analyst at KPMG will be taking part in the London Marathon in April, which will be his first challenge. Following that, in May, he will be doing a 100km walk from Brighton to London with some of his family.

Then in August, he will be talking part in a 100km row along the River Thames. And then finally in September he plans to do the Three Peaks Challenge and a 10,000ft sky dive.

Ross added: "Out of all of them, I think the sky dive will be the most challenging as I am afraid of heights - it is also something that I know Kieran would have loved to see me do.

"Last year we did the Three Peaks Challenge in order to raise money for the equipment and tests Kieran needed. We raised more than £14,000, but unfortunately he passed away, so some of the money went towards covering the funeral costs, with what was left being given to the charity.

"The hospice is amazing and looks after so many poorly children & adults. Kieran was in the hospice the day he passed away with his family and they provided support to us all at the sad time and they continue to help us now.

"That is partly the reason why I have chosen to do these challenges this year and hope to continue doing something each year afterwards, such as the great wall of china."

Mr Coniam hopes to raise a minimum of £1,000 from each of his five challenges for Keech Hospice Care.

To donate visit: www.justgiving.com/rossconiam2015challengesforKieranandKeechHospice.