MOST charity fundraisers would walk away if they were asked to push heavy concrete blocks in a wheelbarrow almost 20 miles from Didcot to Oxford.

But the Thong Rangers, who dress in thongs for their charity stunts, have set themselves the arduous task to help pay for prosthetic limbs for three-year-old Oxford girl Charlotte Nott.

The fundraisers stepped in after the little girl’s limbs were amputated below the joints when she contracted an aggressive form of meningitis.

The Thong Rangers will push three barrows, each containing eight 30lb blocks, from Didcot FC’s Loop Meadow stadium to the Prince of Wales pub, in Horspath Road, Oxford, on Saturday, May 21, setting out at 9.30am.

Charlotte’s father Alex Nott will carry her in a barrow part of the way.

Father-of-two Clifford Oakes, 48, a binman from Park Road, Didcot, said: “When we heard what had happened to Charlotte we wanted to do something to help.

“We have been to visit the family and Charlotte is a lovely girl.”

“There are lots of hills involved, so I think the journey will probably take us five or six hours.

“When we arrive, the Nott family will take the blocks to build a barbecue.

“We’re definitely not going to carry them back to Didcot.”

Mr Oakes said passers-by would be asked for donations as the team passed through Steventon, Drayton, Abingdon, Radley, and Kennington. In Oxford they will head along Abingdon Road, St Aldate’s, High Street, Cowley Road and Hollow Way to the pub.

Charlotte’s mother Jenny Daniels, 29, of Hollow Way, said: “We were delighted when they offered to help. Any money raised could go towards different prosthetics Charlotte will need as she grows up, to give her more independence.”

Doctors removed Charlotte’s limbs below the joints to stop the disease from spreading.

She has taught herself to draw with her mouth, and to play her favourite Dora the Explorer computer game.