Meet fantastic fundraisers Hughie and Freddie

Friends are great for lots of things, like making you laugh and making great memories with.

But it's when you're going through a tough time that you truly realise the power of friendship.

When Hughie was diagnosed with leukaemia three years ago, his best friend Freddie started doing a running challenge to help raise money for Hughie's hospital.

Now they both raise money to help children who have to stay in hospital.

Freddie ran two kilometres a day for 50 days - he said: "It was going to be really hard, I knew that, but I knew it wasn't going to be as hard as what Hughie was doing."

Hughie was really touched by his effort: "I was really happy that he did that for me and look where it's brought us now... Freddie got me through my treatment."

As soon as Hughie felt better he joined the fundraising, and the pair have already raised more than £300,000 for Manchester Children's Hospital.

They are now running 100 km around 100 football clubs and they've been put in charge of a campaign to revamp the hospital's rooftop playground.

The play area is 14 years old (older than them) and Hughie said it's an incredibly important place.

He said it was a significant part of his hospital experience, as "it was the only bit of fresh air that I got in six weeks".

He continued: "It's so important... because you want to feel like a kid".

Hughie and Freddie went on BBC Breakfast to talk about their fundraising

Despite going through such a difficult experience, Hughie said he never let it get him down: "It's one of them things, you just have to get on with it. You can't sit and feel dreary about it."

He and Freddie have attended the Pride of Britain Awards, written a book called 'Friends are Amazing' and met some of the England men's football team, such as Jude Bellingham and Jack Grealish.