Alex Heathcote

For VJ; a girl we loved.

Fundraising for Ovarian Cancer Action
£81,640
raised of £75,000 target
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In memory of Vicky Jacobs/ Victoria Heathcote
Ovarian Cancer Action

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We fund research and raise awareness to transform treatments and survival rates

Story

Please pledge what you can, in memory of a girl we loved. Funding next generation research for next generation lives.

Vicky's Story

When VJ was diagnosed with ovarian cancer six years ago, her prognosis was pretty bleak. But VJ, being VJ, didn’t take it lying down. She took on her disease with the same intelligence, passion, boundless energy and humour as she did everything in life. 

When her first round of operations and chemo didn’t work, she scoured the planet for new trials and treatments, eventually going to Switzerland for experimental immunotherapy treatment in 2016. That treatment gave her three years of good health. 

She didn’t waste it. In those three years she climbed sand dunes in Namibia, joined evening prayers in Varanasi, partied under a full moon in Tulum, visited friends in New Zealand, San Fran, Moscow and Spain and attended six wedding and numerous milestone birthdays and
celebrations with family and friends.

When the disease returned, she made it her mission to change the survival odds for the next generation. This was typical VJ, selflessly making something good out of a tragic situation. So please, give what you can in her memory.

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About the charity

Ovarian Cancer Action

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RCN 1109743
We are the UK’s leading ovarian cancer research charity. In the UK only 1 in 3 women live more than 10 years after diagnosis. We are working to better prevent, treat and detect ovarian cancer, so that by 2032 at least half of women with ovarian cancer live for 10 years.

Donation summary

Total raised
£81,639.17
+ £3,870.50 Gift Aid
Online donations
£60,889.70
Offline donations
£20,749.47

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